Script Creates Evernote Note & Calendar Reminder w/Link

[EdBurke]

I’ve come up with an Applescript that will save a document to Evernote and also create a Calendar event as a reminder to follow-up in seven days. The Calendar entry also contains a link to the note. If you use Evernote on an iOS device, the link will open Evernote and the note.

In order to use the Applescript as is, you need to create the following:

• A folder named “Save PDF to Inquiries” in ~/Library/PDF Services/

• A Calendar called “To Do” in the Calendar application. The event created by the Applescript will be an all day event. I have the default alarm for all day events set at 9:00am in Calendar preferences.

• Create a notebook in Evernote called "Inquiries"

In the print dialog, select "Save PDF to Inquiries" from the PDF drop down menu to start the process.

I’m not a coder, so what this Applescript achieves could likely have been done in a much more efficient manner. Please feel free to make suggestions.

Enjoy…



Evernote Inquiry.scpt

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on hazelProcessFile(theFile)
   tell application "System Events"
      display dialog "Enter Note Title" default answer ""
      set noteTitle to text returned of result
      
      tell application id "com.evernote.Evernote"
         synchronize
         delay 5
         
         create note from file theFile notebook {"Inquiries"} title {noteTitle} tags {"Inquiry"}
         
         set worklogs to find notes "tag:Inquiry"
         set newestLog to item 1 of worklogs
         repeat with worklog in worklogs
            if creation date of worklog is greater than creation date of newestLog then
               set newestLog to worklog
            end if
         end repeat
         synchronize
         delay 2
         set noteURL to note link of newestLog
         delay 2
      end tell
      
      tell application "Calendar"
         tell calendar "To Do"
            set theDate to ((current date) + 7 * days)
            set newEvent to make new event at end with properties {description:"Evernote Inquiry", summary:"EN: " & noteTitle, start date:theDate, end date:theDate, url:noteURL, allday event:true, status:confirmed}
         end tell
      end tell
   end tell
end hazelProcessFile

[kevnm67]

Here's a shell script to auto-create the folder in PDF services:

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if [ -d ${HOME}/Library/PDF\ Services/Save\ PDF\ to\ Inquiries ]
then
   echo "Folder already created"
else
   mkdir -p ${HOME}/Library/PDF\ Services/Save\ PDF\ to\ Inquiries
    

fi