Automated Keynote pdf export without the necessary action?

Hi,
I am trying to create a number of automated workflows, including one that
automatically exports and publishes a Keynote presentation.
Sadly, Keynote comes without the necessary actions to do so by itself.
Will I have to write these workflows in Applescript for them to be generic and apply to any Keynote file or is there a way of recording one in Automator so that the finished workflow applies to any presentation (.key) file?
If so, how is this done?
The recording that I do now works, but seems to be tied to this file specifically.
Best regards,
Kjell Are Refsvik
Lillehammer, Norway

Maybe you can tell system events to print them to PDF?
see:
http://www.ehmac.ca/mac-ipod-help-troubleshooting/48924-applescript-code-request -print-pdf-function-2.html

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