how to import about 600 files into dtpo?

DEVONthink Automation
1

hello, you applescript professionals.
i hope someone can help me. that’s my problem:

for my correspondence i used a software called »letter star«, which doesn’t work with leopard. now i have about 600 letters which would be lost when i change my system.

to keep them readable i opened the first of it (with tiger) selected »print into dt«, chose a folder, entered the mail’s title and printed it. everything worked perfectly. the letter became a »text + pdf«-file.

but now i have 599 or more letters left… you see the problem?

unfortunately i have not a clue about writing an applescript that opens a file prints it into the right dt-folder with its original name.
can anyone help me??

thank you.
luix

2

As neither printing to PDF nor Letter Star are scriptable, the only solution might be to script system events.

3

hi, christian.

what does that mean? (if i may ask)

4

Scripting system events means that you’re scripting the usage of user interface elements, e.g. choosing a menu item, pressing a button or key etc. But that’s both application- and language-specific and not always very reliable in my experience.

5

i understand. but that means, i have to enter the doc’s title manually, right?

6

It should be possible to write for example a script to…

  • get the selection from the Finder
  • open one selected file after another in Letter Star
  • print the document to DEVONthink via system events
  • close the document
  • continue with second step

…but it won’t be that easy to be honest.

7

i see. i will select the really important mails and print them to dt manually.