Can anyone give me a tip about how to add a file reference to a contact with F-Script? I would like to do the same as the contextual menu item "Add File Reference", but I need to do it from a script.

All I've managed so far is the following:


tell application "Daylite"
eval "
document := (NSApplication sharedApplication) firstDayliteDocument.
objects := (document firstMainWindowController) selectedObjects.
object := objects lastObject.
urlReference := ((GWURLReference alloc) init).
urlReference setTypeCode:1; setUrl:'http://www.vimia.com'; setName:'Vimia GmbH'; setNote:'Test'.
(object urlReferences) add:urlReference.
"
end tell

This creates the GWURLReference and appends it to (object urlReferences), but urlReference is not initialised.

Steve

I've solved it. For those who are interested, this is how I did it:

tell application "Daylite"
eval "
document := (NSApplication sharedApplication) firstDayliteDocument.
objects := (document firstMainWindowController) selectedObjects.
object := objects lastObject.
objectContext := object objectContext.
cc := objectContext creationContext.
urlReference := cc createObjectForEntityNamed:'URLReference' addToObjectContext:true.
urlReference setTypeCode:1; setUrl:'http://www.vimia.com'; setName:'Vimia GmbH'; setNote:'Test'.
object addToUrlReferences:urlReference.
objectContext saveChanges.
"
end tell

I'm going to use this to create an Automator action and/or a system service to copy URLs into Daylite as URLReferences.

Steve

whoah, that looks impressive (not that I know how scripting works), but will this have the effect of allowing external applications to include a macro-type function to enable file paths/references to DL contacts/orgs, etc.?

Tim

It works the other way around. It allows me to attach URLs and filenames to objects in Daylite. I use it to create links to e-mails in Xing (which is browser-based), but it works with any kind of URL.

I don't know if it is possible to export links from Daylite which would be accessible from external programs, which I think is what you are looking for. Perhaps the daylite: or daylite3: protocols allow this: I haven't had time to look at them closely enough. I agree that it would be useful.

Steve