macOS Dropbox memo maker script

[VideoBeagle]

I've made a little applescript and attached it to a folder in DropBox.

From elsewhere, like work, I can drop a text file into the folder, and then on my G5 at home, it'll display a dialog with the contents of the text file. (using display dialog)



Basicly, it's for me to have a reminder of something I need to do when I get home.

However, I'm wondering if there's a better way to do this, as I've seen that only the first text file gets a message...no more are shown until the 1st dialog is Ok'd/Canceled.

I believe Growl notifications would do multiple, but they don't stay on screen, to my knowledge.

Anyone have any thoughts on this?

 

[VideoBeagle]

Reading up on GROWL scripting, loooks like it needs pre-written messages, so it won't work.

Can anybody think of a better implementation?

 

[ulbador]

Growl will do this. You can have the notifications stay on screen until they are clicked, or they can auto-dismiss. They can also be whatever you want, so you don't have to actually prewrite them. Once you register your AppleScript "application", you can configure it however you want.

http://growl.info/documentation/applescript-support.php

 

[VideoBeagle]

Growl will do this. You can have the notifications stay on screen until they are clicked, or they can auto-dismiss. They can also be whatever you want, so you don't have to actually prewrite them. Once you register your AppleScript "application", you can configure it however you want.

http://growl.info/documentation/applescript-support.php

Huh...I had read that..or a similar page, and my impression was you had to give it a list of different messages at the start....so it can display read in variables?

 

[ulbador]

Huh...I had read that..or a similar page, and my impression was you had to give it a list of different messages at the start....so it can display read in variables?

Of course. Instead of the stuff in " ", you can just as easily pass in a variable.

 

[Cojust]

I believe this is what you are looking for, what it does is that it takes the first file that is dropped into the folder, reads it and sends a growl notification. However, I have no idea how one would parse the file into readable text, it currently has a bunch of formatting stuff at the top. I would appreciate if you show me how you would do it

on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items
	set readfile to read item 1 of added_items as string
	tell application "GrowlHelperApp"
		set the allNotificationsList to ¬
			{"Dropbox Notify"}
		set the enabledNotificationsList to ¬
			{"Dropbox Notify"}
		register as application ¬
			"Dropbox Notify" all notifications allNotificationsList ¬
			default notifications enabledNotificationsList ¬
			icon of application "Dropbox"
		notify with name ¬
			"Dropbox Notify" title ¬
			"Dropbox Notify" description ¬
			readfile application name "Dropbox Notify"
	end tell
end adding folder items to