How to refresh an archived web page

DEVONthink Automation
#1

How do I force the record of a web page that I am currently viewing in DEVONthink Pro to refresh/resync with the underlying URL using Applescript? In effect I want to do the same as clicking on the Reload/Stop Loading button, but in Applescript.

I have tried something along the lines of:


tell application "DEVONthink Pro"
	set theRecord to content record of think window 1
	synchronize record theRecord
end tell

However, this doesn’t work.

Any help would be appreciated.

Stuart

#2

You could use this code:


tell application "DEVONthink Pro"
	set theWindow to think window 1
	set theURL to the URL of theWindow
	-- Both lines necessary, otherwise the script has to be executed twice
	set the URL of theWindow to theURL
	set the URL of theWindow to theURL
end tell
#3

Hi Christian,

that works like a charm. Many thanks.

Stuart

#4

Very nice Christian. But I’m a little confused as to why the URL needs to be reset twice. Please educate us. Is this particular to DTP? Could I be so bold as to ask for a FAQ or “Secrets of writting Applescript for DTP” document. I would have never figured this one out. Thanks.

Gabe

#5

Setting the URL of a window was never intended for reloading (only for loading a different URL). In the end it’s a caching issue. The only usage scenario comming to my mind is updating a captured web archive but that should be easier by using the new “download web archive from” command of V1.1.

#6

I can’t find the command you reference above. However, control-clicking on a web archive in the document window (not its title) reveals a command called “Update Captured Archive.” I would interpret this to mean the archive I’ve save to my disk will be re-saved with new information from the original web site. If I were to duplicate the archive and update one and not the other, I’d have two different versions on my disk. Is this correct?

In this same pop-up menu, there are a few commands
For instance, what is the difference between:
Capture Page – seems to give me an html page
Capture Page Address – only the link, as if the URL had been dragged in from a browser?

Thanks.
Mark

#7

That’s an AppleScript command.

That’s correct - “Updated captured archive” stores the currently visible page and therefore you have to reload the page if you want to save the latest page for example.

That’s also correct.

#8