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Garrett Hyde
Garrett Hyde

Reputation: 5617

How can I use AppleScript to check if PowerPoint is playing a presentation?

I'm trying to write some AppleScript that checks if PowerPoint 2011 is currently playing a presentation.

Previously, I wrote the following code for Keynote.

on isKeynotePlaying()
    tell application "Keynote"
        get properties
        return (not frozen) and playing
    end tell
end isKeynotePlaying

After searching through PowerPoint's AppleScript library, properties and attributes of classes, and Google search results, I still haven't been able to generate an equivalent solution. Any ideas?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1184

Answers (1)

Garrett Hyde
Garrett Hyde

Reputation: 5617

After delving even deeper into PowerPoint's AppleScript library, I stumbled upon the slide show view class. Here's my solution.

on isPowerPointPlaying()
    tell application "Microsoft PowerPoint"
        return slide state of slide show view of slide show window of active presentation is slide show state running
    end tell
end isPowerPointPlaying

Upvotes: 1

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