Automator Workflow Help Please

DEVONthink Automation
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image 1.tiff (152 KB)I am a complete and utter novice at using Automator but it occurs to me that using it I may be able to accomplish a laborious task that I have set myself, the only trouble is I don’t know how to set about it! So if there is anyone who can help me set up a workflow to accomplish what I want to do I would be most grateful.

I want to scan old photographs and have them sent to a particular Database in DevonthinkPro called ‘Scans’ (see attached image). My scanner is a Lexmark P4350 and the software will allow me to send images to a folder on the desktop but not into DTP. My OS is OSX 10.6.4.

Is this possible to do?

Thanks for any help

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It should be possible but it’s also possible using AppleScript. Version 2.0.3 includes several folder actions to import/index files added to a folder.

You could also try to send the scans to the global inbox (~/Library/Application Support/DEVONthink Pro 2/Inbox). DEVONthink Pro (Office) will import the items in this folder on startup and/or monitor the folder while running.

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Thanks for your help. Cheers.