I have not used this script until this morning, and I am having trouble making it work. Here’s what I do:
Select a file in DTPO for which I want to set a deadline in OF > Script > Add as To Do to OF (extended) > I wrote an absolute date, i.e. my deadline. In a couple of seconds, however, I receive a floating window with the message: “Unable to parse date 3/15/17”. I tried writing the date as 03/15/17 and 03/15/2017, but DTPO does not like any of these options.
Does the script work? What do I need to change to make it work?
That’s a script that Rob Trew contributed to the forum, maybe six years ago. I just looked into it in Script Debugger and it has all sorts of things broken. It was written against an old version of OmniFocus and an equally old version of DEVONthink. You’d have to tweet Rob (at-complexpoint) and see if he’s willing to fix it. It’s not something DEVONtech would fix.
OP, I no longer use the Add to OmniFocus (extended) reminder script from the More Scripts… menu for the reason you state and Korm discovered. Instead, I am quite happy using the built-in script which has the attached pop-up selector when run.
I find the built-in script works well too.
I know time is a scarce commodity, but there may be some benefit in reviewing the available scripts & clearing out the ones which no longer work.
I thought I saw a note in the recent update of DT Pro that OmniFocus reminders has been fixed. Did I misread? In any case, I attempted to set a reminder this morning for a RTF I am working on. I went to scripts/reminders and selected OF. I entered absolute date and got the same window reported below about the date being unable to be parsed.