So here's the solution I came up with...it might be ugly, but it works.
I do a search first, do some renaming of the file to add dates and type of utility then this script. The third line decrements the date by 3 days so that I pay the bill 3 days before the due date. It seems to work OK.
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tell application "Finder" to set file_name to (name of theFile)
set file_name to item 1 of inputAttributes
set item 2 of inputAttributes to ((item 2 of inputAttributes) - (3 * days))
tell application "OmniFocus"
tell front document
set theDueDate to item 2 of inputAttributes
set theProject to first flattened project where its name = "Bills"
tell theProject
set theTask to make new task with properties {name:("Pay " & item 3 of inputAttributes), due date:theDueDate}
tell the note of theTask
make new file attachment with properties {file name:theFile, embedded:true}
end tell
end tell
end tell
end tell
I pass in 3 variables in the inputAttributes list - respectively item 1 - item 3:
name - filename
paydate = the due date of the bill - the result of a search for a date pattern
utility = a search result giving the name of the utility this bill refers to
Pelorus32 wrote:I've got a rule that matches the Due Date in a bill. I've called this PayDate. I want to decrement that matched date by 3 and pass it to an AppleScript to set up a task in OmniFocus. That is, I want the OmniFocus task to tell me to pay the bill 3 days before the Due Date which was matched in Hazel.
Is there a way to do this? I'm crap at AppleScript but I have a script working that does everything...except decrement the date by 3...and I have been unsuccessful in working out how to do that.
Many thanks
Mike
Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2020 5:36 am