Prompt to rename a file

[goat]

Hi guys,

I am trying to do something pretty straight forward. This worked in my old Mac but now on Monterey in the new iMac the Applescript throws an error.

I am trying to simply:
1. Move a file that has a specific tag into a folder.
2. This folder has renaming rules already -> so once the file gets there, it gets renames based on those rule
3. The Applescript prompts a pop up that asks me to rename the file according to a specific naming convention (I need to define in this case manually part of the file name, this is the reason for the rename prompt)

Here is what I have in the Applescript

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delay 3
tell application "Finder" to activate
tell application "Finder"
   set currentName to name of theFile
   set name of theFile to text returned of (display dialog "Rename File:" default answer currentName)
end tell

This is the error I get

error "The variable currentFile is not defined." number -2753 from "currentFile"

Here is my Hazel ruleset
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oqO8Y28XjEvWHjoTYvxzB64GEwf266np/view?usp=sharing

I've played around with the "delay" to give enough time for the other rules to run first, but makes no difference.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!

[Mr_Noodle]

Renaming the file in the AppleScript like that may not be the best approach. Instead, I recommend creating a custom attribute in your script and returning that to Hazel. Hazel can then use that in a Rename action.

[goat]

Renaming the file in the AppleScript like that may not be the best approach. Instead, I recommend creating a custom attribute in your script and returning that to Hazel. Hazel can then use that in a Rename action.

Thank you.

Is there an article(s) or post(s) you can point me to figure out how to do that? I have no idea from where to start from.

[Mr_Noodle]

Try searching the forums here. There might be a similar script someone else has done.

Also check the manual for how to integrate scripts with Hazel in general.