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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]

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.

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};
}

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.