'Some parameter is missing for convert' on convert to rtf

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Hi,
I’m trying to use the reference given back by the applescript ocr to convert to rich text, and am getting an error message that ‘Some parameter is missing for convert’. Could someone point out where I’m going wrong? I’m trying to modify the existing ‘Import, OCR & delete’ installed by DTP . I’m under the impression I should be able to pass the ‘theRecord’ return value to the input of the convert step. Any pointers would be welcome, Thanks!

basically concerned with these two lines I think. that second line returns an error 'ERROR: DEVONthink Pro got an error: Some parameter is missing for convert.


set theRecord to ocr file thePath to incoming group
set convertedRecord to convert theRecord to rich text
-- -- also tried this, as the documentation says just 'rich'
-- set convertedRecord to convert theRecord to rich

here’s the full script


-- DEVONthink - Import, OCR & Delete.applescript
-- Created by Christian Grunenberg on Fri Jun 18 2010.
-- Copyright (c) 2010-2017. All rights reserved.

on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items
	try
		if (count of added_items) is greater than 0 then
			tell application id "DNtp" to «constant rmdara24»
			repeat with theItem in added_items
				set thePath to theItem as text
				if thePath does not end with ".download:" and thePath does not end with ".crdownload:" then
					set lastFileSize to 0
					set currentFileSize to 1
					repeat while lastFileSize ≠ currentFileSize
						delay 0.5
						set lastFileSize to currentFileSize
						set currentFileSize to size of (info for theItem)
					end repeat
					
					try
						tell application id "DNtp"
							set theRecord to ocr file thePath to incoming group
							
							-- BEGIN modification
							delay 0.2
							display notification "attempting conversion to rtf" with title (id of theRecord as text)
							set convertedRecord to convert theRecord to rich text
							if exists convertedRecord then tell application "Finder" to delete theItem
							-- END modification
							
							if exists theRecord then tell application "Finder" to delete theItem
						end tell
					on error errMsg
						display dialog "ERROR: " & errMsg
					end try
				end if
			end repeat
		end if
	end try
end adding folder items to
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Have you looked at the AppleScript dictionary entry for convert ?

3

Hi,

I see now I was missing the literal ‘record’ keyword.

works

Thanks

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You got it! Have fun with it! :smiley: