Trying to understand how the automator workflows um, work...

DEVONthink Automation
#1

I have recently upgraded to Pro Office, and have been getting all my stuff organized!! Finally!! It is wicked. I am trying to set up a file that I drag images and files into, and have Pro Office auto import into my database. I have 2 websites, and have set up a database for each, with a file for each in my downloads folder where I drop images and wordpress backups.

I have set up a workflow from the sample workflows that when I run within automator imports everything in the file. But I must be missing something. I have to run the workflow in order for the action to happen. I thought that if I dropped anything into the folder, then it would run automatically. I haven’t used workflows before or automator(as may be obvious by my question…). So, how do I get the workflow to run automatically when I drag items to the folder?

Cheers,

Larrinski.

#2

You will have to save your workflow as a plugin of the type “Folder Actions”, check the Apple System Help for more information.

#3

Thank you! That is slick…

That seems to get the workflow going, but the only thing that I have to do manually, is point it to the group everytime, even though when I saved the workflow, I selected the group. Is it because I have the images importing into a subgroup, or do I need to amend something in the workflow?

#4

For the Select Current Group action, you may need to switch off the “Show this action when the workflow runs” under the Options button of that action.

#5

Thanks. That worked great!

#6

I’m having a problem with this automator script, it keeps crashing and giving me a “The problem may have been caused by the set-group plug-in”

If I enable the “Show workflow option in automator” the plugin works fine and imports correctly, however I have to manually select the folder. As started in this posting, I turned it off and it crashed. Any Ideas?

#7