Unable to clone and modify Note.templatescriptd

DEVONthink Automation
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Feels like I’m missing one step in here somewhere…

I followed the DT documentation:

  • duplicated Note.templatescriptd
  • renamed to myNote.scptd
  • used AppleScript Editor to change one word in the script:
    property pTemplateName : “myNote”
  • saved
  • changed name back to .templatescriptd
  • close/open DT
  • Actions/New from Template/myNote gives: "An error occurred while adding the note. Can’t set name of missing value to "myNote: ".

Any suggestions?

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The missing step is, if you change the property value, then you need to navigate to this location


~/Library/Application Support/DEVONthink Pro 2/Templates.noindex/Note.templatescriptd/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/Note.rtf

and also change the name of the “Note.rtf” document. This document is the “real” template and the script property has to be the same name – without the “.rtf” extension, of course.

Look further into the script and you will see this statement


set theTemplateFiles to helperLibrary's pathToLocalizedResources() & (((my helperLibrary's localizedString(pTemplateName)) & ".rtf") as string)

into which the code substitutes the value of “pTemplateName” and expects to find a document with that name. In your case, the script failed here.

3

Thank you, korm.

I would add that from AppleScript, the “Bundle Contents” button on the upper right will enable one to expose the rtf file and change the name.

Good to go now.

4

In Finder, right-clicking or control-clicking any package (an .app, .templatescriptd, etc.) and choosing “Show Package Contents” will expose the folders inside the package for navigation and editing.