This script changes the search scope of a search window (on database level). It will open the database if necessary.
The variable theDatabaseFolder is the path to the folder in which you store your DEVONthink databases. To set the search scope back to all databases set the variable theDatabaseName to “Datenbanken” (should be “Databases” in english). I use it in a Keyboard Maestro Palette, but it should work with a shortcut assigned to DEVONthinks script menu too.
Hope it’s useful
property theDatabaseName : "Test"
property theDatabaseFolder : "/DEVONthink Datenbanken/"
activate application id "DNtp"
tell application "System Events"
tell process "DEVONthink Pro Office"
try
click pop up button 1 of window 1
select (first menu item of menu 1 of pop up button 1 of window 1 whose name is theDatabaseName)
key code 36
on error number error_number
if the error_number is -1719 then
key code 36
tell application id "DNtp" to open database theDatabaseFolder & theDatabaseName & ".dtBase2"
click pop up button 1 of window 1
select (first menu item of menu 1 of pop up button 1 of window 1 whose name is theDatabaseName)
key code 36
end if
end try
end tell
end tell
Sure, if i understand you right. I first used “display dialog” to inform me that the database i’ve chosen isn’t open already. But it quickly became annoying to open a not already opened database manually, so I changed the script to open the database for me.
Perhaps I wasn’t clear enough. In a Keyboard Maestro palette I have a macro for every DEVONthink database (= a version of the script, only difference is the database name). I use the global search window all the time, but often i know in which database i want to search. Then I us one of these macros to limit the search scope to one database.
If the keyboard focus is not on the result list although it should please let me know.
(Fixed unwanted adding of spaces and added option to set scope to all inboxes)
-- Change search scope of a DEVONthink 3 search
-- This script opens the database if necessary. It replaces a search scope or adds one. To do so it removes the last part of the query (DEVONthink 3 help: "When used, scope: should be the last parameter in the query.")
-- set theDatabaseName to "inboxes" to search open inboxes
-- Use it e.g. in a Keyboard Maestro palette, one macro per database.
-- Optionally set the keyboard focus to the result list (while running focus needs to be temporarily in the search field but you'll probably want to go on in the results)
-- You can use this as a template for other changes you'd like to apply to your query, e.g. adding or removing astericks.
property theDatabaseName : "" -- "inboxes" for all open inboxes
property theDatabaseFolder : "/DEVONthink Datenbanken/" -- path to finder folder
property focusOnResultList : true
tell application id "DNtp"
set theDatabaseNames to name of databases
if theDatabaseName is not in theDatabaseNames then
open database theDatabaseFolder & theDatabaseName & ".dtBase2"
end if
end tell
activate application "DEVONthink 3"
tell application "System Events"
tell process "DEVONthink 3"
set theQuery to value of text field 1 of group 3 of toolbar 1 of window 1
end tell
end tell
if theQuery = "" then return
if theQuery contains "scope:" then set theQuery to characters 1 thru ((character offset of "scope:" in theQuery) - 2) in theQuery as string
if theDatabaseName is not "inboxes" then
set theQueryWithNewScope to theQuery & space & "scope:\"" & theDatabaseName & "\""
else
set theQueryWithNewScope to theQuery & space & "scope:" & theDatabaseName
end if
activate application "DEVONthink 3"
tell application "System Events"
tell process "DEVONthink 3"
set focused of text field 1 of group 3 of toolbar 1 of window 1 to true
set value of text field 1 of group 3 of toolbar 1 of window 1 to theQueryWithNewScope
if focusOnResultList = true then
try
set focused of table 1 of scroll area 1 of group 1 of splitter group 2 of splitter group 1 of window 1 to true
on error
try
set focused of table 1 of scroll area 1 of group 1 of splitter group 1 of splitter group 1 of window 1 to true
on error
set focused of scroll area 1 of splitter group 1 of splitter group 1 of window 1 to true
end try
end try
end if
end tell
end tell
This version takes into account that not everbody uses the default DEVONthink 3 toolbar
-- Change search scope of a DEVONthink 3 search window
-- Use it e.g. in a Keyboard Maestro palette, one macro per database.
-- Optionally set the keyboard focus to the result list (while running focus needs to be temporarily in the search field but you'll probably want to go on in the results).
-- You can use this as a template for other changes you'd like to apply to your query, e.g. adding or removing astericks.
property theDatabaseName : "" -- "inboxes" for all open inboxes
property theDatabaseFolder : "/DEVONthink Datenbanken/" -- path to finder folder
property focusOnResultList : true
tell application id "DNtp"
set theDatabaseNames to name of databases
if theDatabaseName is not in theDatabaseNames then
open database theDatabaseFolder & theDatabaseName & ".dtBase2"
end if
end tell
activate application id "DNtp"
tell application "System Events"
tell process "DEVONthink 3"
repeat with i from 1 to 10
try
set theSearchField to text field 1 of group i of toolbar 1 of window 1
set theQuery to value of theSearchField
exit repeat
end try
end repeat
end tell
end tell
if theQuery = "" then return
if theQuery contains "scope:" then set theQuery to characters 1 thru ((character offset of "scope:" in theQuery) - 2) in theQuery as string
if theDatabaseName is not "inboxes" then
set theQueryWithNewScope to theQuery & space & "scope:\"" & theDatabaseName & "\""
else
set theQueryWithNewScope to theQuery & space & "scope:" & theDatabaseName
end if
activate application id "DNtp"
tell application "System Events"
tell process "DEVONthink 3"
set focused of theSearchField to true
set value of theSearchField to theQueryWithNewScope
key code 36
if focusOnResultList = true then
try
set focused of table 1 of scroll area 1 of group 1 of splitter group 2 of splitter group 1 of window 1 to true
on error
try
set focused of table 1 of scroll area 1 of group 1 of splitter group 1 of splitter group 1 of window 1 to true
on error
set focused of scroll area 1 of splitter group 1 of splitter group 1 of window 1 to true
end try
end try
end if
end tell
end tell
Thanks for posting these scripts! But it’s recommended to use tell application id “DNtp” to make scripts compatible to all editions/versions, e.g. future ones.
I just asked the developer to consider a preference for the id (and changed my TextSoap Cleaner…)