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Re: Re; Keynote, is it scriptable (XML?)
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Re: Re; Keynote, is it scriptable (XML?)


  • Subject: Re: Re; Keynote, is it scriptable (XML?)
  • From: John W Baxter <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 22:00:01 -0800

At 14:03 -0500 1/8/2003, Paul Gobble wrote:
>Ian (and any one else)
>
>You said "...but as it's documents are xml, I'd call it *very*
>scriptable."
>
>I've been AppleScripting for a while now, but I know nothing about XML
>or its significance. How does XML based documents lead to
>"Scriptability" for Keynote?
>
>I guess I just don't get this XML thing. What gives?

Short answer:

You don't script Keynote, you script changes to its files, which are easy
to change because of the XML (structured text) form.

(You could "script" Excel that way, but its files are "a little harder" and
the reverse engineering would violate the license unless a court decided it
didn't.)

--John

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John Baxter email@hidden Port Ludlow, WA, USA
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