I started to experiment using different databases with DT but found it a bit cumbersome to move an alias file all the time. So I made this quick applescript to do the switching (I haven’t done any AppleScripting in a long time so the code quality might be lacking a bit), this seems to work fine allowing me to play with multiple databases while waiting for DT Pro.
I didn’t check to see if someone have made this already (I didn’t even check the DT distribution ;D ). Anyone who wants to use it needs to modify the paths
property dataFolder : alias "Macintosh HD:Users:jem:Aktuellt:DEVONthink data:"
property destFolder : alias "Macintosh HD:Users:jem:Library:Application Support:"
on run
set dbList to findDTdatabases()
if dbList ? {} then
set userSelection to choose from list dbList with prompt "Select DEVONthink database" OK button name "Select"
if userSelection ? "" then
makeDEVONthinkAlias(userSelection)
end if
end if
return dbList
end run
on findDTdatabases()
set theList to {}
if kind of (info for dataFolder) ? "Folder" then
return theList
end if
set x to list folder dataFolder
repeat with cur in x
set curItem to alias ((dataFolder as text) & cur)
set curInfo to info for curItem
if kind of curInfo = "Folder" and visible of curInfo then
set theList to theList & cur
end if
end repeat
return theList
end findDTdatabases
on makeDEVONthinkAlias(f)
set f to alias ((dataFolder as text) & f)
tell application "DEVONthink"
quit
end tell
tell application "Finder"
set x to make alias file to f with properties {name:"DEVONthink"}
move x to destFolder with replacing
end tell
tell application "DEVONthink"
activate
end tell
end makeDEVONthinkAlias
Finally - I’ve been expecting such a script since the support of aliases in DT 1.x.y (can’t remember the version when DT started resolving aliases) ;D ;D ;D
I understand that the upcoming PRO version of DT will allow multiple databases. If I create multiple databases using this AppleScript or a similar method, will they be usable in PRO?