External application actions

External application actions allow you to open or interact with applications outside of your editor as part of your demo flow.

Samples

You can find VSCode actions samples on GitHub:

Open samples on GitHub

Open PowerPoint

Open Microsoft PowerPoint directly from your demo using the openPowerPoint action. This is useful when you want to demonstrate or reference a PowerPoint presentation as part of your workflow.

{
  "action": "openPowerPoint"
}

PowerPoint must be installed

This action requires Microsoft PowerPoint to be installed on your system. The action attempts to open the running PowerPoint instance.

Open Keynote

Open Apple Keynote directly from your demo using the openKeynote action. This is useful for demonstrating or referencing a Keynote presentation as part of your workflow.

{
  "action": "openKeynote"
}