OK. What I want to do: Create a script for showing different columns in the think view.
Basically, using System Preferences shortcuts to create several Option-Command-Shift key combinations, then using Applescript’s System Events Keystroke or Key Code "using {foo down, bar down}
I created the shortcuts (e.g., command-option-shift-M for the Devonthink menu item “Modified Date”)
They worked normally.
Then I figured I could create an AS that uses a repeat routine to tell System Events to press these keys one after the other.
When run (as a script from the DT toolbar) it causes the frontmost DT window to disappear, take a few seconds, reappear, and no (new) columns were shown.
My AS skills are super bad, of course, so I suspect I may be either 1. Doing something very stupid and/or 2. Abusing the system very severely
Any comments appreciated! - script is below:
tell application id "DNtp"
set theKeyCodes to {"S", "B", "T", "K", "M"}
repeat with aCode from 1 to length of theKeyCodes
tell application "System Events" to keystroke aCode using {option down, shift down, command down}
delay 3
end repeat
end tell
Hi Christian, sorry for the long post, but I started it by saying what I wanted to do- show columns in the list/table view of the think window.
I created Mac shortcuts for, e.g view column “Date Modified” as cmd-opt-shift-M. And then I tried pressing that and other sets of key combinations in succession in the script.
I don’t think you are doing what you actually want to;
In my reading, this
repeat with aCode from 1 to length of theKeyCodes
should lead to aCode taking on values from 1 to 5; you are then sending those values as keystrokes (with the modifiers shift, option, and command). I presume what you actually want to do is to send the letters making up theKeyCodes.
I haven’t tried it, but I would assume the following modification should work:
tell application id "DNtp"
set theKeyCodes to {"S", "B", "T", "K", "M"}
repeat with aCode from 1 to length of theKeyCodes
tell application "System Events" to keystroke (item aCode of theKeyCodes) using {option down, shift down, command down}
delay 3
end repeat
end tell
