Re: Workflow works fine, but not as saved application
Re: Workflow works fine, but not as saved application
- Subject: Re: Workflow works fine, but not as saved application
- From: Elliot Kanter <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 22:00:08 -0600
On Feb 9, 2009, at 8:03 AM, Ben Waldie wrote:
Elliot,
On Feb 7, 2009, at 12:03 AM, Elliot Kanter wrote:
I've been trying to use Automator to create an application that I
can run via cron to email me a daily summary of my upcoming
calendar appointments. The workflow I created (Find Events in iCal-
>Filter Events->Event Summary->New Mail Message->Send Outgoing)
works fine, doing just what I want. When I save it as an
application and then execute it, it always sends me an empty
email. The only messages I see in the system log seem irrelevant
and are identical whether the workflow or application is run. How
can I debug and, even better, does anyone have a theory as to what
could be going wrong with the application?
According to <http://automator.us/leopard/downloads/index.html>...
"There is a known issue with Automator 2.0 actions not accepting
text input when they are set to display when the workflow is run.
There is no work-around for this problem other than to run the
workflow containing the effected actions, opened in Automator with
their Show When Run option disabled."
Could this be the problem you are encountering?
No, I don't think so, they are all disabled.
As to the other suggestions I've received, the Filter Events action
is not necessary (I only added it at someone's suggestion that that
might fix the problem). The application fails with or without the
Filter. The saved application does work however if I remove the Event
Summary action, so that seems to be the source of the bug - I should
have pointed that out originally.
I have developed a workaround which, although rather kludgy, meets my
needs. I've added a "Run Shell Script" (which just waits for a
semaphore file to appear, removes it, and exits) in front and a "Loop"
at the end and leave the workflow minimized, but running forever. My
cron job just touches the semaphore file every day at 5 AM and after 2
days experience, it's adequate.
Thanx to all who replied.
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Elliot P. Kanter
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