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On 2017-01-02 at 4:31 PM, rr326 said:

Is there a way to open a new note IN EVERNOTE (and have the window open up and start typing there)?

 

Sorry if I'm not using this right, but it seems like all the ENN options create the note directly in the Alfred window. I'd like to be able to just open up evernote with a new note being created.  

 

(And I could make my own one workflow -with some guidance)

 

Thanks.

1. Activate Alfred preferences

2. Go to "Workflows" tab

3. Click the "+" sign at the lower left corner

4. Select "blank workflow"

5. Right click to add a workflow object 

6. Select trigger -> hotkey

7. Assign hotkey

8. Right click again to add an action

9. Select action -> run NSAppleScript

10. Add the code below

activate application "Evernote"

tell application "System Events"

    keystroke "n" using {command down}

end tell

11. Connect the hotkey and action by dragging a line between them

12. Trigger the hotkey to activate the script

Not sure if this is what you wanted but perhaps you can work your way from here. 

Change that to

$trans = exec( "ruby -r open-uri -e 'puts open(\"{$query}\") { |io| io.read }'" );

Works for me, thanks!

Do you have PayPal? I want to donate money to you for doing such a good job maintaining this workflow. I use it every day multiple times a day.

Ditto.

I would find this feature very helpful as well.

Works great, thanks!

Here you go: https://github.com/shawnrice/one-off-experiments/raw/master/tt.alfredworkflow

Your workflow works but I noticed that you used NSApplescript whereas my problematic workflow was done with "run script" action with /usr/bin/osascript. The same script (without the "on alfred" handler) does not function properly with /usr/bin/osascript.

Anyway, thanks for the solution and the other suggestions. I'll definitely look into bash scripting. 

Lastly... why, if you're trying to control Transmission would you want to activate TextEdit? I don't get it.

on is_running(appName)
     tell application "System Events" to (name of processes) contains appName
end is_running

if is_running("Transmission") then
          tell application "Transmission" to activate
          tell application "System Events"
          tell process "Transmission"
          click menu item "Pause All" of menu "Transfers" of menu bar 1
     end tell
     end tell

tell application "Transmission"
close window 1
end tell
     end if

tell application "Viscosity"
disconnectall
delay 1
connect "HY_VPN"
end tell

 

Incidentally, the modified code below works just fine in Alfred's osascript --

 

tell application "System Events"
  if (name of processes) contains "Safari" then
    set is_running to true
  else
    set is_running to false
  end if
end tell


if is_running is true then
  tell application "TextEdit" to activate
end if

if is_running is false then
  tell application "Preview" to activate
end if

 

It works for me too (as it always has) if Safari is running. In that case only TextEdit is activated. However, if Safari is not running, then TextEdit and Preview get launched.

I created a blank workflow with input = keyword and action = run script (language osascript) and pasted your code in. Still both programs get launched if Safari is not running. If Safari is running, only TextEdit gets launched.

Can you make sure that you have terminated all three programs (Safari, TextEdit & Preview) and then run the script through alfred using a keyword activation? If it still works for you, then I guess I have to give up and believe that the problem is between my ears

Just downloaded the linked workflow on my friend's computer and exactly the same thing occurs. If I run the "troubleshooting2" script through alfred while Safari is not running, the computer behaves as if the condition is true and untrue at the same time, i.e. it launches both programs. However, this does not happen if the same exact code is run in Applescript Editor.

tell application "System Events"
	if (name of processes) contains "Safari" then
		set is_running to "true"
	else
		set is_running to "untrue"
	end if
end tell

if is_running = "true" then
	tell application "TextEdit" to activate
end if

if is_running = "untrue" then
	tell application "Preview" to activate
end if

The code checks to see if the application is running and then based on that runs through two if's (not an else, or else if to ensure that it should execute both). Even in Alfred, this returns the correct value every time. If it executed both, I should get 2 dialogs and I only get one each time. So, without looking at the full code, I'm not sure how much help I can be.

 

If I copy and paste your script in Applescript Editor, I get the message "It's true" or "It's not true". If I paste the same exact script in an Alfred Workflow and run it, I get no message at all.

Here's my workflow with two different actions, "troubleshooting1" and "troubleshooting2": https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/345710/Troubleshooting.alfredworkflow

The "troubleshooting1" action runs your script. Like I mentioned, nothing happens if I run it through Alfred but I get the messages if I run it through Applescript Editor.

The "troubleshooting2" is my script which is supposed to check (for demonstration purposes) whether Safari is active and if it is, it launches TextEdit. If Safari is not active, it is supposed to launch Preview. This is what happens in Applescript Editor. However, both TextEdit and Safari are launched whenever I run the script through Alfred. If I copy and paste the script from Alfred to Applescript Editor, the script again works correctly. 

I'm running Alfred 2.0.7 (205) with OSX 10.8.4. 

I wrote a script which worked perfectly in Applescript editor. I then created a workflow with the same exact script and the outcome is very different. The script checks whether an application called "Trasmission" is running and if so, performs certain things. Below is the simplified version of the script.

This simplified version is supposed to launch Transmission if its not running. If Transmission is running, the script is supposed to launch TextEdit. This is exactly what happens if the script is run in Applescript Editor. However, if I copy and paste the script into Alfred and run with the "usr/bin/osascript" language, both scripts are run as s if the variable "is_running" is both true and untrue. Could someone please explain what is going on? Thanks.

tell application "System Events"
	if (name of processes) contains "Transmission" then
		set is_running to "true"
	else
		set is_running to "untrue"
	end if
end tell

if is_running = "true" then
	tell application "Transmission" to activate
	tell application "System Events"
		tell process "Transmission"
			click menu item "Pause All" of menu "Transfers" of menu bar 1
		end tell
	end tell
	tell application "Transmission"
		close window 1
	end tell
end if

if is_running = "untrue" then
	tell application "TextEdit" to activate
end if