getMsoChartDims: Get dims parameters of the matrix yielded from the msoChart...
In madlogos/asesmso: ASES Analytic Toolkit on MS Office

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Get the indices of rows and columnss involved in msoChart object. The function will parse the series list yieled by getMsoChartSeries, and then get the original parameters out of the matrix. Please note that that matrix may be different from that should be according to the actual chart.

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getMsoChartDims(series)

get_msochart_dims(series)

series

series yielded from msoChart object by getMsoChartSeries

A list comprising of 4 vectors:

NamRows: Row of Name part
NamCols: Col of Name part
ValRows: Row of Values part
ValCols: Col of Values part
LblRows: Row of XValues part
lblCols: Col of XValues part

Yiying Wang, wangy@aetna.com

getMsoChartSeries

## Not run: 
ppt <- RDCOMClient::COMCreate("Powerpoint.Application")
pres <- ppt$Presentations()$Open(<some ppt file>)
slide <- pres$Slides(2)  # the 2nd slide
shape <- slide$Shapes(3)  # the 3rd shape
if (shape[['HasChart']] == -1) {  # if the shape contains msoChart
    chart <- shape[['Chart']]
    series <- getMsoChartSeries(chart)
    getMsoChartDims(series)
}

## End(Not run)