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Hi,

since Hazel has no script debugging capabilities, I am asking myself what does the 'theFile' variable actually return? In my case I am trying to match a folder name, which is part of the name of a project in OmniFocus. In case there is no project with such a name or it is already completed the script should return 'true'.
It matches the project perfectly if I run it the separate script editor and returns the right value, but refuses to run in hazel. Here is the script:

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var qr = theFile
var qr = String(qr) // convert to string


var of = Application('OmniFocus');
var doc = of.defaultDocument;

function searchTasks(_query) {
   return doc.flattenedTasks.whose({_and: [
      { name: { _contains: _query } },
      { completed: false }
   ]})();
};

var pathToTask = searchTasks(qr) // returns path to project in OF, if a match, empty if not. 
var pathToTask = String(pathToTask) // convert to string

function returnStatus() {
   if (pathToTask) {
      return false // if not empty, return false and do nothing
   } else {
      return true // if empty, return true and perform actions on a folder
   }
   return obj
}

returnStatus()



I've tried to simplify the functions and check for variables being a string, but it matches nothing. I suspect that 'theFile' variable probably returns a full path but I don't see a way to check it in Hazel. So, does anyone has some experience?

It is actually an alias. You should be able to convert it to a string, but it will be a full path (otherwise, it's not very useful).