Re: Scripting PowerPoint
Re: Scripting PowerPoint
- Subject: Re: Scripting PowerPoint
- From: Rick Davis <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 07:03:03 -0500
On Feb 6, 2006, at 1:00 PM, Paul wrote:
Message: 9
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 09:26:57 -0800
From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
Subject: Re: Scripting PowerPoint
To: AppleScript-Users <email@hidden>
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On 2/5/06 11:03 AM, "Rick Davis" <email@hidden> wrote:
In no case do you need to know VBA. I only mentioned VBA because of
the
missing "Export" command from AppleScript. Otherwise just about
everything
in VBA has been translated into AppleScript. (I wouldn't be
surprised if
there are a couple other missing commands, mind you.) The VBA Help
can be
useful, but it makes more sense to check the PowerPoint AppleScript
Reference, which you can find at http://www.microsoft.com/mac/ ,
then follow
the links to Resources/Developer/AppleScript. The VBA Help has been
"translated" into AppleScript here, plus you get everything in the
correct
terms, with a few other helpful AppleScript-oriented instructions.
Anyway, if all you're asking is "how do you get the name of the
presentation
into the 'do Visual Basic' "Export" command, I think you probably
need to
learn the basics of AppleScript before you go on. There are a lot
of good
books around. Personally, I think the best is Matt Neuburg's
"AppleScript:
The Definitive Guide" 2nd edition (O'Reilly), but others are Hanaan
Rosenthal's "AppleScript: A Comprehensive Guide..." (it's really
comprehensive) and Danny Goodman's "AppleScript Handbook". The
O'Reilly
"AppleScript Missing Manual" is an easy simple introduction but not
exhaustive.
My apologies, you caught me being lazy. I didn't take the time to
look closer and realize that I could script the path. I assumed the
path was part of the "do Visual Basic Export command" and that I was
going to have to rename the exported folder each time the script
ran. Ironically I was browsing Amazon and looking at reviews for
Matt and Hanaan's books when this message came in.
Thanks and Have A Great Day.
Rick Davis
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