PowerPoint to Keynote AppleScript

[mpa15]

Hi All,

I would like Hazel to open powerpoint lectures in keynote, save them, (and possibly delete the original powerpoint?). So far I have written the AppleScript below, but it doesn't seem to work. Any suggestions would be much appreciated, thanks in advance.

Regards,

Maksim

[applescript]
set theFolder to (path to Dropbox) as text
set theDestinationFolder to (theFolder) & "Summer 2011:" & "Bio"
tell application "Keynote"
open theFile
set theSlideshow to slideshow 1
set theDestinationPath to theDestinationFolder & (name of theSlideshow)
save theSlideshow in theDestinationPath
close theSlideshow
end tell
[/applescript]

[Mr_Noodle]

You should check the logs and post what error is being logged there. To view the logs, go to the "Info" section and click on the "View Log" button.

[mpa15]

Thanks for the quick reply! Here's what I found in the log:

}
2011-05-10 22:20:07.683 (null)[0] 3.ppt: Rule ppt matched.
2011-05-10 22:20:10.389 hazelfolderwatch[94159] [Error] AppleScript failed: Error executing AppleScript on file /Users/mpa15/Dropbox/Summer 2011/Bio/3.ppt.
2011-05-10 22:20:10.390 hazelfolderwatch[94159] AppleScript error: {
OSAScriptErrorAppName = Keynote;
OSAScriptErrorBriefMessage = "Can\U2019t get slideshow \"3\".";
OSAScriptErrorMessage = "Keynote got an error: Can\U2019t get slideshow \"3\".";
OSAScriptErrorNumber = -1728;
OSAScriptErrorRange = NSRange: {0, 0};
}

[Mr_Noodle]

It says it can't get slideshow 3 so that's something you might want to debug in AppleScript Editor first before using it in Hazel. Once you have it compiling and running there, you can port it over.