Apple

On Feb 13, 2015, at 17:30, Chris Nidel <email@hidden> wrote:

I am trying to get a file by name. I have a CSV file with names of files and metadata. I was to take the file names, find the files, then assign various metadata from the CSV to the files by name. I am doing this in DevonThink Pro. I can read the file names from the CSV file, but when i use:

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Hey Chris,

set theFile to lookup records with file ["LEVP00024290.pdf”]

Why do you have brackets and smart-quotes in this line? The syntax calls for text.

it returns {} despite there being a file by that name.

Do you have the correct database open? Lookup records with file defaults to the current database unless you add in <database>.

(the reason I ask 2 already, is because i used lookup records with tags instead and that worked to get files, but then i still couldn’t set the properties i tried setting.)

When you look up records the result is a list. When you set properties of the found item or items you have to talk to each individual one.

tell application "DEVONthink Pro"

  set recoList to lookup records with file "Your-File-Name.pdf"

set recoListLength to length of recoList

if recoListLength = 1 then

set theRecord to item 1 of recoList

tell theRecord

set label to 2

end tell

else

if recoListLength = 0 then

      error "Zero records were found!"

else if recoListLength > 1 then

      error "More than 1 record was found!"

end if

end tell

* I'm testing in DEVONthink Pro Office, but the AppleScript dictionary should be the same.

Best Regards,

Chris

References:
	>Basic Script in DT Pro (From: Chris Nidel <email@hidden>)