[littlevish]

Okay, I'm pretty new at Applescript.

What I'm trying to do is very simple. I want to make a script to select all the photos in a folder, and display them in the built in slideshows in OS X.

I have got the select all part down, but I can't find any way to do a right/ctrl click with Applescript. I can't find a way to press the little gear button in the finder either. Those are the only two ways to get to the slideshow option.

Here is my code so far, the working part:
tell application "Finder"
activate
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Finder"
tell menu bar 1
tell menu bar item "Edit"
tell menu "Edit"
click menu item "Select All"
end tell
end tell
end tell
end tell
end tell
end tell

[numero]

You picked a hard one to get started with. Let me know if you want a blow-by-blow analysis.

Here's what I got:

[codex]tell application "Finder"
activate
select every item of folder "sample" of folder "Desktop" of folder "numero" of folder "Users" of disk "Macintosh HD"
end tell

-- first get the Action tool bar item to drop down
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Finder"
tell window -1
tell tool bar 1
tell group 2
tell menu button 1
click
end tell
end tell
end tell
end tell

-- now make the section of the Slideshow
tell UI element 2
click menu item "Slideshow"
end tell
end tell
end tell[/codex]
-numero