createRecordWith problem (ScriptingBridge)

DEVONthink Automation
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Hey,

I cannot figure out how to create a new record using the Objective-C endpoint:

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In the generated DEVONthink3.h (sdp), the method on the DEVONthink3Record interface looks like this:


- (DEVONthink3Record *) createRecordWithIn:(DEVONthink3Record *)in_;  // Create a new record.

When converted to Swift protocol definitions, the method looks like this:

@objc optional func createRecordWithIn(_ in_: DEVONthink3Record!) -> DEVONthink3Record // Create a new record.

That doesn’t quite make sense. All it would accept like this is the destination. I would expect something like this:

@objc optional func createRecordWith(_ x: DEVONthink3Record!, in in_: DEVONthink3Record!) -> DEVONthink3Record
@objc optional func createRecordWith(_ x: Any, in in_: DEVONthink3Record!) -> DEVONthink3Record
@objc optional func createRecordWith(_ x: [String:Any], in in_: DEVONthink3Record!) -> DEVONthink3Record
@objc optional func createRecord(with x: DEVONthink3Record!, in in_: DEVONthink3Record!) -> DEVONthink3Record
@objc optional func createRecord(_ with: DEVONthink3Record!, in in_: DEVONthink3Record!) -> DEVONthink3Record

Any ideas on how to make this work? Thanks! :pray:

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I have no experience with that. Nor did I find anything useful on the net except for this rather discouraging thread:

I’d rather use JavaScript and call ObjC methods from there. The same approach is viable for AppleScript. @pete31 posted some examples here already. Searching for “NSString” and “tell” might reveal those.

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Ah, the scripting bridge works perfectly fine otherwise, that is not the problem. It’s just this one out of place method I encountered :man_shrugging: