Basic example - folder action script to import to specified DB + specified group + add specified tags

[cgrunenberg]

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Finder side DevonThink3's Inbox

Correct, I just throw in case you would asked lol I might have dome something with the Inbox to make it behave this way.

Folder actions not working after upgrade to Catalina (DT2)

Hi I have a folder action setup to import, scan/OCR and delete a file when placed into a particular folder. This worked flawlessly until I upgraded to Catalina last night. Now it doesn’t seem to pick up the fact that anything was dropped in the folder. No action is taken. This is a slightly modified version of the import/scan/delete script included with DT Pro. on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items try if (count of added_items) is greater than 0 then tell applicat…

Adding to the Import, OCR & Delete script

FWIW Here’s a modification of the Import, OCR & Delete script that Imports to the location of your choice (see the properties at the start) Runs OCR on PDFs and does a simple import on non-PDF documents Finally, you can test it by running from Script Editor as well. Seems to work well as a Folder Action script. -- DEVONthink - Import, OCR & Delete.applescript -- Created by Christian Grunenberg on Fri Jun 18 2010. -- Copyright (c) 2010-2017. All rights reserved. -- dbyler update: files to a …