working_directory {doconv}

manage docx2pdf working directory

Description

Initialize or remove working directory used when docx2pdf create the PDF.

On 'macOS', the operation require writing rights to the directory by the Word or PowerPoint program. Word or PowerPoint program must be authorized to write in the directories, if the authorization does not exist, a manual confirmation window is launched, thus preventing automation.

Fortunately, users only have to do this once. The package implementation use only one directory where results are saved in order to have only one time to click this confirmation.

This directory is managed by R function R_user_dir(). Its value can be read with the working_directory() function. The directory can be deleted with rm_working_directory() and created with init_working_directory(). Each call will remove that directory when completed.

As a user, you do not have to use these functions because they are called automatically by the docx2pdf() function. They are provided to meet the requirements of CRAN policy:

"[...] packages may store user-specific data, configuration and cache files in their respective user directories [...], provided that by default sizes are kept as small as possible and the contents are actively managed (including removing outdated material)."

Usage

working_directory()

rm_working_directory()

init_working_directory()