VCOO0030

OmniOutliner: Attach Files to Note

This command will attach the chosen files to the note of the selected item.

Scope and Syntax

Language: English (United States 🇺🇸 · Great Britain 🇬🇧 · Australia 🇦🇺 · Canada 🇨🇦)

Scope: OmniOutliner

Command phrase variations (words in [brackets] are optional):

• “Attach Files to Note”

Requirements

• Application: OmniOutliner: 5.10 (macOS), OmniOutliner 3.9.1 (iOS/iPadOS)
• System: macOS 12, iOS 15, iPadOS 15

Video: Attach Files to Note

This command will attach the chosen files to the note of the selected item.

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Downloads

• ⇩ COMMANDS-FILE (OmniOutliner 5) (macOS)
• ⇩ SHORTCUT-LINK (“Attach Files to Note”) (iOS/iPadOS)

Script Code

On macOS, clicking an attached item in the note will summon an attachment control dialog for setting the display name and content preferences for the attached item (see below):

Here is the script code:

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(async () => {
	try {
		function createUtterance(textToSpeak){
			AlexID = (
				(app.platformName === "macOS") ? 
				"com.apple.speech.synthesis.voice.Alex" : 
				"com.apple.speech.voice.Alex"
			)
			voiceObj = Speech.Voice.withIdentifier(AlexID)
			voiceRate = 0.4
			utterance = new Speech.Utterance(textToSpeak)
			utterance.voice = voiceObj
			utterance.rate = voiceRate
			return utterance
		}
		var synthesizer = new Speech.Synthesizer()
		
		try {document.name} catch(err){
			throw {
				name:"Missing Resource", 
				message:"No outline document is open."
			}
		}

		var editor = document.editors[0]
		selectedItems = editor.selection.items
		if(selectedItems.length === 1){
			selectedItem = selectedItems[0]

			var note = selectedItem.valueForColumn(document.outline.noteColumn)
			if (note === null) {
				note = new Text("", document.outline.noteColumn.style);
			}
		
			picker = new FilePicker()
			picker.multiple = true
			
			utterance = createUtterance("Please select the files to attach to the note.")
			synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
		
			var urls = await picker.show()
		
			newLineObj = new Text("\n", note.style)
			if(note.string.length > 0){note.append(newLineObj)}
			urls.forEach((url, index) => {
				fileName = decodeURIComponent(url.lastPathComponent)
				url.fetch(data => {
					wrapper = FileWrapper.withContents(fileName, data)
					attachObj = Text.makeFileAttachment(wrapper, document.outline.baseStyle)
					note.append(attachObj)
				})
			})

			selectedItem.setValueForColumn(note, document.outline.noteColumn)
			node = editor.nodeForObject(selectedItem)
			node.expandNote()
			
			utterance = createUtterance("Done!")
			synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
		} else {
			throw {
				name: "Selection Issue",
				message: "Please select a single row."
			}
		}
	}
	catch(err){
		if(!err.causedByUserCancelling){
			utterance = createUtterance(err.message)
			synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
			//new Alert(err.name, err.message).show()
		}	
	}
})();