Delegate a Task in OmniFocus with Sparrow

Sparrow updated a few hours ago and brought with it basic support for AppleScript. I wanted to test it out and see what they included so I whipped this very basic script to delegate a task in OmniFocus by sending an email with details about the task using Sparrow. Here is how it works:

Download this AppleScript: Send to Sparrow or copy and paste the code in to a script of your own.

Put the script in your ~/Library/Scripts/Applications/OmniFocus directory.

Customize your OmniFocus toolbar by dragging the script anywhere in the toolbar.

Now all you have to do is select a task and click the icon to Send to Sparrow

The email opens with a static subject while the task name, context, and note are in the body of the email. These could be arranged in any order you like by editing the script.

In this example, my task name is Buy 12″ Galvanized Turbine Head and its context is @Home Improvement Store followed by the note http://dr0p.me/RwTs

And that’s it. Enjoy!

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http://twitter.com/Johnatzagg John Hesch

Sweet. LOve it. Thanks for sharing. I didn’t have an Applications or OmniFocus directory inside scripts so I had to create that manually. Also, dragging the script to the toolbar didn’t work for me. I needed to Customize Toolbar in OmniFocus and add the icon.
Anonymous

Great tips! Thanks for sharing them.
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http://twitter.com/DigMo DigMo!

This looks great but I get an error? AppleScript reported the following error:
Sparrow got an error: Can’t make class «class bcke»
Kurt Schumacher

Great! Do you know if there is a way to create OmniFocus tasks from Sparrow emails? It’s the one Mail feature I miss.
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http://webknows.unitednerds.org Rivanor (web_knows)

Great great post! I was just looking for some tips on how to use Apple script to replace iCal’s Mail.scpt (/Applications/iCal.app/Contents/Resources/Scripts), to send email notifications with Sparrow, rather than Mail.app, and found this. I guess it will help me out writing my own Mail.scpt. Cheers!
http://webknows.unitednerds.org Rivanor (web_knows)

Is this what you are looking for? http://brooksreview.net/2011/02/of-email/
I hope so.
Vincent

Hi! Would you have a solution to send a task from Omnifocus on iPhone/iPad? That’s where i would delegate from…

Thanks!

Vincent@Keunen.net
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Jeff Smith

What would be golden would be the ability to add Omnifocus tasks from Sparrow. I tried to modify the Mail.app script to do so but have been unsuccessful so far. I think it could be done though… I used to even have a mail.app one that did so automatically – it scanned the inbox for scripts with a certain subject line, created an omnifocus task for them, and threw them into a read folder – emails are out of the way nicely, and omnifocus gets its task.

Either way – curious to see if there’s anything out there. I love both programs!
Mario K

Unfortunately, I can’t seem to find an OmniFocus directory where indicated and when I try to drag the script into OmniFocus, I get a cloud icon and it won’t let me drop it onto the tool bar. Is there a trick? Sorry am a Mac noob. This functionality works without any scripting on the iPad version of OmniFocus, but for some reason wasn’t included in the desktop app.
Anonymous

If the OmniFocus directory does need exist, simply create one where it should be. The next time you open OmniFocus, you will be able to access your script.
http://twitter.com/domleca dominique leca

nice
Gabriel

Can this same applescript be done with THINGS and SPARROW?

Which combination email client and GTD tool would you recommend?

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