A little question about saving keynote presentation

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#1

Hello,

I have one little question. The question is how I can save the current presentation of Keynote with a specified filename. For example the filename is defined in the Applescript like a variable called “filename”.
I think this is a little code but I can’t find something on the internet that is working good.

Karsten,

#2

Hi karsten,

The following code works fine on my Mac with Keynote 08:


set filepath to (((path to desktop) as Unicode text) & "Sample.key")

tell application "Keynote"
	save slideshow 1 in filepath
end tell

P.S.: You can simply drag and drop Keynote’s icon onto the Script Editor’s icon to view Keynote’s complete AppleScript dictionary.

#3

Thanks Martin for the script and the good thip!

But the script is actually not working, i’ve got the error that he expected the end of the line but found a number (the 1).
If I remove the one he can compile of course but he is getting a problem when he needs to execute this piece of code because the presentation that has been saved is not defined.

#4

Hi karsten,

I guess you have modified my script and entered your slideshow reference. Then this error happens:


set filepath to (((path to desktop) as Unicode text) & "Sample.key")

tell application "Keynote"
	set myslideshow to slideshow 1
	save myslideshow 1 in filepath
end tell

Of course, this throws an error. Instead you must use code as follows:


set filepath to (((path to desktop) as Unicode text) & "Sample.key")

tell application "Keynote"
	set myslideshow to slideshow 1
	save myslideshow in filepath
end tell

This might be the problem :wink:

#5

Thanks, the problem is solved now!