The Convert Command

DEVONthink Automation
#1

Hello,

I’m trying to convert a DT plain text document to a DT rich text document. The dictionary says

Function Syntax
set theResult to convert reference ¬
record record ¬
to to

What exactly is the first reference referring to? I think I understand the ‘record’ and ‘to’ paramaters as being the record to convert and the format to convert it to (i.e. rich). But I don’t know what the first parameter (reference) is?

Any help would be appreciated.

#2

Just ignore the reference and use something like…


tell application "DEVONthink Pro"
	set theSel to the selection
	repeat with theRecord in theSel
		convert record theRecord to text -- or rich text
	end repeat
end tell

Warning: I’m not sure if v1.0.2 already supports the conversion of plain texts to rich texts but v1.1 will support this definitely.

#3

No luck with v1.0.2, I’ll try it with v1.0.1 - thanks for your help

#4

You mean 1.1?

#5

Likely as v1.1 will introduce this.

#6