Create new xml file

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Hi,
I’m working a lot with xml files.
would like to extend the context menu so that I can create not only a text file, but also an empty xml file.
Is that possible?

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Afaik: no. Wouldn’t a dedicated XML editor new better suited for your task?

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of course do I use a xml editor for real editing.
But I would need to create an emty xml in a simple way.
Now I have a folder with empty xml files, and I copy the file in the devonthink folder.
That works, but I have always to open the template folder.

Maybe it is possible to implement a script in the contextmenu, which copies a template file in the viewed folder?

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Sure. It’s “group”, btw, in DT, not “folder”. The differentiation is important because groups are not represented in the file system as folders. And also because we don’t know if in

“folder” refers to a file system folder or a DT group. Assuming the first case, I’d do something like this (in JavaScript)

(() => {
  const myXMLTemplate = '/Users/ME/documents/XMLtemplates/theTemplate.xml';
  const app = Application('DEVONthink 3');
  const newXMLFile = app.import(myXMLTemplate, {to: app.currentGroup()});
})()

This is not tested. It should import a file from the file system (as specified in the second line) as a new document into the currently open group.

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There is no need for something as complicated as a script.
Data > New From Template > Open Templates Folder.
Drop an empty .xml file in there.

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Thank you, that is exactly what I’m looking for :slight_smile:

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