Automator Workflow
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What we are trying to do is save a specific complete web page, everyday
for research later using Spotlight.
If an Automator action could be set to start, maybe using an alarm. It
would need to save the contents of the web page to a folder. Spotlight
may not be able to search these web pages, so it should also save a pdf
of the web page contents in a folder.
Two of Geniuses at the local Apple Store gave up. They cannot do it.
Nada! Where can users find the subroutines necessary to do such a
simple task as "periodically save a searchable web page?"
What we are trying to do is save a specific complete web page, everyday
for research later using Spotlight.
If an Automator action could be set to start, maybe using an alarm. It
would need to save the contents of the web page to a folder. Spotlight
may not be able to search these web pages, so it should also save a pdf
of the web page contents in a folder.
Two of Geniuses at the local Apple Store gave up. They cannot do it.
Nada! Where can users find the subroutines necessary to do such a
simple task as "periodically save a searchable web page?"
More about : automator workflow
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"-oo0-GoldTrader-0oo-" <nomads_05@yahoo.com> wrote:
> What we are trying to do is save a specific complete web page, everyday
> for research later using Spotlight.
>
> If an Automator action could be set to start, maybe using an alarm. It
> would need to save the contents of the web page to a folder. Spotlight
> may not be able to search these web pages, so it should also save a pdf
> of the web page contents in a folder.
>
> Two of Geniuses at the local Apple Store gave up. They cannot do it.
> Nada! Where can users find the subroutines necessary to do such a
> simple task as "periodically save a searchable web page?"
try automatorworld
http://www.automatorworld.com/
oxford
-
"-oo0-GoldTrader-0oo-" <nomads_05@yahoo.com> wrote:
> What we are trying to do is save a specific complete web page, everyday
> for research later using Spotlight.
>
> If an Automator action could be set to start, maybe using an alarm. It
> would need to save the contents of the web page to a folder. Spotlight
> may not be able to search these web pages, so it should also save a pdf
> of the web page contents in a folder.
>
> Two of Geniuses at the local Apple Store gave up. They cannot do it.
> Nada! Where can users find the subroutines necessary to do such a
> simple task as "periodically save a searchable web page?"
try automatorworld
http://www.automatorworld.com/
oxford
-
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In article <1115965303.345163.273620@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
-oo0-GoldTrader-0oo- <nomads_05@yahoo.com> wrote:
> What we are trying to do is save a specific complete web page, everyday
> for research later using Spotlight.
>
> If an Automator action could be set to start, maybe using an alarm. It
> would need to save the contents of the web page to a folder. Spotlight
> may not be able to search these web pages, so it should also save a pdf
> of the web page contents in a folder.
>
> Two of Geniuses at the local Apple Store gave up. They cannot do it.
> Nada! Where can users find the subroutines necessary to do such a
> simple task as "periodically save a searchable web page?"
>
This is actually a rather trivial task. What you need is the UNIX
command curl (man curl in terminal) either as a cron task or an
AppleScript. The requirements of usage would determine which approach
to use.
This could be accomplished in Automator using the Xcode commands for
run applescript and/or run shell script. Personally I'd not use
Automator for this.
j
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In article <1115965303.345163.273620@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
-oo0-GoldTrader-0oo- <nomads_05@yahoo.com> wrote:
> What we are trying to do is save a specific complete web page, everyday
> for research later using Spotlight.
>
> If an Automator action could be set to start, maybe using an alarm. It
> would need to save the contents of the web page to a folder. Spotlight
> may not be able to search these web pages, so it should also save a pdf
> of the web page contents in a folder.
>
> Two of Geniuses at the local Apple Store gave up. They cannot do it.
> Nada! Where can users find the subroutines necessary to do such a
> simple task as "periodically save a searchable web page?"
>
This is actually a rather trivial task. What you need is the UNIX
command curl (man curl in terminal) either as a cron task or an
AppleScript. The requirements of usage would determine which approach
to use.
This could be accomplished in Automator using the Xcode commands for
run applescript and/or run shell script. Personally I'd not use
Automator for this.
j
--
Use ROT-13 on the email address for email replies
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So am I to understand, forget about this late great Automator, and just
learn to program the thing myself?
Tony Lawrence wrote:
> -oo0-GoldTrader-0oo- wrote:
> > What we are trying to do is save a specific complete web page,
everyday
> > for research later using Spotlight.
> >
> > If an Automator action could be set to start, maybe using an alarm.
It
> > would need to save the contents of the web page to a folder.
Spotlight
> > may not be able to search these web pages, so it should also save a
pdf
> > of the web page contents in a folder.
> >
> > Two of Geniuses at the local Apple Store gave up. They cannot do
it.
> > Nada! Where can users find the subroutines necessary to do such a
> > simple task as "periodically save a searchable web page?"
> >
>
> As another poster suggested, curl is the simple way to get the web
page.
> If your Spotlight search is what you really want, that's the end of
it -
> do it that way.
>
> If you don't really want the html, use "lynx --dump
http://whatever.com
> > /yourstorage/whatever.txt" to get a text representation of the
page.
>
> But you can also easily be selective and pull only the data you want
> from a page with simple Perl scripts. That sometimes becomes
necessary
> if you are dealing with forms; see
> http://aplawrence.com/Words/2005_03_05.html for a small example of
that.
>
> A book that covers LWP is reviewed at
http://aplawrence.com/Books/webc.html
>
>
>
> --
> Tony Lawrence
> Unix/Linux/Mac OS X resources: http://aplawrence.com
So am I to understand, forget about this late great Automator, and just
learn to program the thing myself?
Tony Lawrence wrote:
> -oo0-GoldTrader-0oo- wrote:
> > What we are trying to do is save a specific complete web page,
everyday
> > for research later using Spotlight.
> >
> > If an Automator action could be set to start, maybe using an alarm.
It
> > would need to save the contents of the web page to a folder.
Spotlight
> > may not be able to search these web pages, so it should also save a
> > of the web page contents in a folder.
> >
> > Two of Geniuses at the local Apple Store gave up. They cannot do
it.
> > Nada! Where can users find the subroutines necessary to do such a
> > simple task as "periodically save a searchable web page?"
> >
>
> As another poster suggested, curl is the simple way to get the web
page.
> If your Spotlight search is what you really want, that's the end of
it -
> do it that way.
>
> If you don't really want the html, use "lynx --dump
http://whatever.com
> > /yourstorage/whatever.txt" to get a text representation of the
page.
>
> But you can also easily be selective and pull only the data you want
> from a page with simple Perl scripts. That sometimes becomes
necessary
> if you are dealing with forms; see
> http://aplawrence.com/Words/2005_03_05.html for a small example of
that.
>
> A book that covers LWP is reviewed at
http://aplawrence.com/Books/webc.html
>
>
>
> --
> Tony Lawrence
> Unix/Linux/Mac OS X resources: http://aplawrence.com
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-oo0-GoldTrader-0oo- wrote:
> What we are trying to do is save a specific complete web page, everyday
> for research later using Spotlight.
>
> If an Automator action could be set to start, maybe using an alarm. It
> would need to save the contents of the web page to a folder. Spotlight
> may not be able to search these web pages, so it should also save a pdf
> of the web page contents in a folder.
>
> Two of Geniuses at the local Apple Store gave up. They cannot do it.
> Nada! Where can users find the subroutines necessary to do such a
> simple task as "periodically save a searchable web page?"
>
As another poster suggested, curl is the simple way to get the web page.
If your Spotlight search is what you really want, that's the end of it -
do it that way.
If you don't really want the html, use "lynx --dump http://whatever.com
> /yourstorage/whatever.txt" to get a text representation of the page.
But you can also easily be selective and pull only the data you want
from a page with simple Perl scripts. That sometimes becomes necessary
if you are dealing with forms; see
http://aplawrence.com/Words/2005_03_05.html for a small example of that.
A book that covers LWP is reviewed at http://aplawrence.com/Books/webc.html
--
Tony Lawrence
Unix/Linux/Mac OS X resources: http://aplawrence.com
-oo0-GoldTrader-0oo- wrote:
> What we are trying to do is save a specific complete web page, everyday
> for research later using Spotlight.
>
> If an Automator action could be set to start, maybe using an alarm. It
> would need to save the contents of the web page to a folder. Spotlight
> may not be able to search these web pages, so it should also save a pdf
> of the web page contents in a folder.
>
> Two of Geniuses at the local Apple Store gave up. They cannot do it.
> Nada! Where can users find the subroutines necessary to do such a
> simple task as "periodically save a searchable web page?"
>
As another poster suggested, curl is the simple way to get the web page.
If your Spotlight search is what you really want, that's the end of it -
do it that way.
If you don't really want the html, use "lynx --dump http://whatever.com
> /yourstorage/whatever.txt" to get a text representation of the page.
But you can also easily be selective and pull only the data you want
from a page with simple Perl scripts. That sometimes becomes necessary
if you are dealing with forms; see
http://aplawrence.com/Words/2005_03_05.html for a small example of that.
A book that covers LWP is reviewed at http://aplawrence.com/Books/webc.html
--
Tony Lawrence
Unix/Linux/Mac OS X resources: http://aplawrence.com
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-oo0-GoldTrader-0oo- wrote:
> So am I to understand, forget about this late great Automator, and just
> learn to program the thing myself?
Depends on what you are trying to accomplish. Using curl or lynx --dump
is hardly "programming" :-)
If you explained what you actually need, I'm sure we could offer more
useful advice.
>
> Tony Lawrence wrote:
>
>>-oo0-GoldTrader-0oo- wrote:
>>
>>>What we are trying to do is save a specific complete web page,
>
> everyday
>
>>>for research later using Spotlight.
>>>
>>>If an Automator action could be set to start, maybe using an alarm.
>
> It
>
>>>would need to save the contents of the web page to a folder.
>
> Spotlight
>
>>>may not be able to search these web pages, so it should also save a
>
> pdf
>
>>>of the web page contents in a folder.
>>>
>>>Two of Geniuses at the local Apple Store gave up. They cannot do
>
> it.
>
>>>Nada! Where can users find the subroutines necessary to do such a
>>>simple task as "periodically save a searchable web page?"
>>>
>>
>>As another poster suggested, curl is the simple way to get the web
>
> page.
>
>>If your Spotlight search is what you really want, that's the end of
>
> it -
>
>> do it that way.
>>
>>If you don't really want the html, use "lynx --dump
>
> http://whatever.com
>
>> > /yourstorage/whatever.txt" to get a text representation of the
>
> page.
>
>>But you can also easily be selective and pull only the data you want
>>from a page with simple Perl scripts. That sometimes becomes
>
> necessary
>
>>if you are dealing with forms; see
>>http://aplawrence.com/Words/2005_03_05.html for a small example of
>
> that.
>
>>A book that covers LWP is reviewed at
>
> http://aplawrence.com/Books/webc.html
>
>>
>>
>>--
>>Tony Lawrence
>>Unix/Linux/Mac OS X resources: http://aplawrence.com
>
>
--
Tony Lawrence
Unix/Linux/Mac OS X resources: http://aplawrence.com
-oo0-GoldTrader-0oo- wrote:
> So am I to understand, forget about this late great Automator, and just
> learn to program the thing myself?
Depends on what you are trying to accomplish. Using curl or lynx --dump
is hardly "programming" :-)
If you explained what you actually need, I'm sure we could offer more
useful advice.
>
> Tony Lawrence wrote:
>
>>-oo0-GoldTrader-0oo- wrote:
>>
>>>What we are trying to do is save a specific complete web page,
>
> everyday
>
>>>for research later using Spotlight.
>>>
>>>If an Automator action could be set to start, maybe using an alarm.
>
> It
>
>>>would need to save the contents of the web page to a folder.
>
> Spotlight
>
>>>may not be able to search these web pages, so it should also save a
>
>
>>>of the web page contents in a folder.
>>>
>>>Two of Geniuses at the local Apple Store gave up. They cannot do
>
> it.
>
>>>Nada! Where can users find the subroutines necessary to do such a
>>>simple task as "periodically save a searchable web page?"
>>>
>>
>>As another poster suggested, curl is the simple way to get the web
>
> page.
>
>>If your Spotlight search is what you really want, that's the end of
>
> it -
>
>> do it that way.
>>
>>If you don't really want the html, use "lynx --dump
>
> http://whatever.com
>
>> > /yourstorage/whatever.txt" to get a text representation of the
>
> page.
>
>>But you can also easily be selective and pull only the data you want
>>from a page with simple Perl scripts. That sometimes becomes
>
> necessary
>
>>if you are dealing with forms; see
>>http://aplawrence.com/Words/2005_03_05.html for a small example of
>
> that.
>
>>A book that covers LWP is reviewed at
>
> http://aplawrence.com/Books/webc.html
>
>>
>>
>>--
>>Tony Lawrence
>>Unix/Linux/Mac OS X resources: http://aplawrence.com
>
>
--
Tony Lawrence
Unix/Linux/Mac OS X resources: http://aplawrence.com
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In article <1115986278.876476.156510@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
"-oo0-GoldTrader-0oo-" <nomads_05@yahoo.com> wrote:
> So am I to understand, forget about this late great Automator, and just
> learn to program the thing myself?
No, it just means there is more than one way to do anything, and the
people that have decided to respond thought of another way to do what
you wanted to do, falsely thinking you wanted to get the data. They did
not realize that you would only be happy if you used automator.
Me personally, I have not installed Tiger yet, as I'm waiting for Cisco
VPN client to be updated, and uControl to come out with a Tiger version,
so I can not help you with automator.
Bob Harris
> Tony Lawrence wrote:
> > -oo0-GoldTrader-0oo- wrote:
> > > What we are trying to do is save a specific complete web page,
> everyday
> > > for research later using Spotlight.
> > >
> > > If an Automator action could be set to start, maybe using an alarm.
> It
> > > would need to save the contents of the web page to a folder.
> Spotlight
> > > may not be able to search these web pages, so it should also save a
> pdf
> > > of the web page contents in a folder.
> > >
> > > Two of Geniuses at the local Apple Store gave up. They cannot do
> it.
> > > Nada! Where can users find the subroutines necessary to do such a
> > > simple task as "periodically save a searchable web page?"
> > >
> >
> > As another poster suggested, curl is the simple way to get the web
> page.
> > If your Spotlight search is what you really want, that's the end of
> it -
> > do it that way.
> >
> > If you don't really want the html, use "lynx --dump
> http://whatever.com
> > > /yourstorage/whatever.txt" to get a text representation of the
> page.
> >
> > But you can also easily be selective and pull only the data you want
> > from a page with simple Perl scripts. That sometimes becomes
> necessary
> > if you are dealing with forms; see
> > http://aplawrence.com/Words/2005_03_05.html for a small example of
> that.
> >
> > A book that covers LWP is reviewed at
> http://aplawrence.com/Books/webc.html
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Tony Lawrence
> > Unix/Linux/Mac OS X resources: http://aplawrence.com
In article <1115986278.876476.156510@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
"-oo0-GoldTrader-0oo-" <nomads_05@yahoo.com> wrote:
> So am I to understand, forget about this late great Automator, and just
> learn to program the thing myself?
No, it just means there is more than one way to do anything, and the
people that have decided to respond thought of another way to do what
you wanted to do, falsely thinking you wanted to get the data. They did
not realize that you would only be happy if you used automator.
Me personally, I have not installed Tiger yet, as I'm waiting for Cisco
VPN client to be updated, and uControl to come out with a Tiger version,
so I can not help you with automator.
Bob Harris
> Tony Lawrence wrote:
> > -oo0-GoldTrader-0oo- wrote:
> > > What we are trying to do is save a specific complete web page,
> everyday
> > > for research later using Spotlight.
> > >
> > > If an Automator action could be set to start, maybe using an alarm.
> It
> > > would need to save the contents of the web page to a folder.
> Spotlight
> > > may not be able to search these web pages, so it should also save a
> > > of the web page contents in a folder.
> > >
> > > Two of Geniuses at the local Apple Store gave up. They cannot do
> it.
> > > Nada! Where can users find the subroutines necessary to do such a
> > > simple task as "periodically save a searchable web page?"
> > >
> >
> > As another poster suggested, curl is the simple way to get the web
> page.
> > If your Spotlight search is what you really want, that's the end of
> it -
> > do it that way.
> >
> > If you don't really want the html, use "lynx --dump
> http://whatever.com
> > > /yourstorage/whatever.txt" to get a text representation of the
> page.
> >
> > But you can also easily be selective and pull only the data you want
> > from a page with simple Perl scripts. That sometimes becomes
> necessary
> > if you are dealing with forms; see
> > http://aplawrence.com/Words/2005_03_05.html for a small example of
> that.
> >
> > A book that covers LWP is reviewed at
> http://aplawrence.com/Books/webc.html
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Tony Lawrence
> > Unix/Linux/Mac OS X resources: http://aplawrence.com
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-oo0-GoldTrader-0oo- <nomads_05@yahoo.com> wrote:
> So am I to understand, forget about this late great Automator, and just
> learn to program the thing myself?
No, not at all, this task is very easily done using a combination of
Automator and iCal (to handle the scheduling).
Create a new Automator workflow, and click the "Safari" category in the
library. Drag "Get Specified URLs" into the blank pane on the right. Add
which ever URLs you want downloaded.
Next, drag "Download URLs" into the pane underneath the existing
action. Select which folder you want the web pages downloaded to.
Select "Save As..." from the file menu and choose "iCal Alarm". iCal
will launch and show you your new alarm. Select it, press the little
"info" button on the bottom right of the iCal window, and schedule the
task to occur whenever you want.
That should take care of everything for you. Spotlight has no trouble
whatsoever indexing the content of html files. If you're experiencing
trouble with this, there's probably something wrong with your
installation. If you still want to create a pdf from the html page, you
can find a text-to-pdf action at
<http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/automator/texttop...
atoractions.html>
Unfortunately, this action will only create a PDF containing the HTML
code itself, rather than the final rendered version. Does anyone happen
to know if there is a "Print to PDF" Automator action available yet? I
haven't seen one, but it would be very useful.
> Tony Lawrence wrote:
> > -oo0-GoldTrader-0oo- wrote:
> > > What we are trying to do is save a specific complete web page,
> everyday
> > > for research later using Spotlight.
> > >
> > > If an Automator action could be set to start, maybe using an alarm.
> It
> > > would need to save the contents of the web page to a folder.
> Spotlight
> > > may not be able to search these web pages, so it should also save a
> pdf
> > > of the web page contents in a folder.
> > >
> > > Two of Geniuses at the local Apple Store gave up. They cannot do
> it.
> > > Nada! Where can users find the subroutines necessary to do such a
> > > simple task as "periodically save a searchable web page?"
> > >
> >
> > As another poster suggested, curl is the simple way to get the web
> page.
> > If your Spotlight search is what you really want, that's the end of
> it -
> > do it that way.
> >
> > If you don't really want the html, use "lynx --dump
> http://whatever.com
> > > /yourstorage/whatever.txt" to get a text representation of the
> page.
> >
> > But you can also easily be selective and pull only the data you want
> > from a page with simple Perl scripts. That sometimes becomes
> necessary
> > if you are dealing with forms; see
> > http://aplawrence.com/Words/2005_03_05.html for a small example of
> that.
> >
> > A book that covers LWP is reviewed at
> http://aplawrence.com/Books/webc.html
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Tony Lawrence
> > Unix/Linux/Mac OS X resources: http://aplawrence.com
-oo0-GoldTrader-0oo- <nomads_05@yahoo.com> wrote:
> So am I to understand, forget about this late great Automator, and just
> learn to program the thing myself?
No, not at all, this task is very easily done using a combination of
Automator and iCal (to handle the scheduling).
Create a new Automator workflow, and click the "Safari" category in the
library. Drag "Get Specified URLs" into the blank pane on the right. Add
which ever URLs you want downloaded.
Next, drag "Download URLs" into the pane underneath the existing
action. Select which folder you want the web pages downloaded to.
Select "Save As..." from the file menu and choose "iCal Alarm". iCal
will launch and show you your new alarm. Select it, press the little
"info" button on the bottom right of the iCal window, and schedule the
task to occur whenever you want.
That should take care of everything for you. Spotlight has no trouble
whatsoever indexing the content of html files. If you're experiencing
trouble with this, there's probably something wrong with your
installation. If you still want to create a pdf from the html page, you
can find a text-to-pdf action at
<http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/automator/texttop...
atoractions.html>
Unfortunately, this action will only create a PDF containing the HTML
code itself, rather than the final rendered version. Does anyone happen
to know if there is a "Print to PDF" Automator action available yet? I
haven't seen one, but it would be very useful.
> Tony Lawrence wrote:
> > -oo0-GoldTrader-0oo- wrote:
> > > What we are trying to do is save a specific complete web page,
> everyday
> > > for research later using Spotlight.
> > >
> > > If an Automator action could be set to start, maybe using an alarm.
> It
> > > would need to save the contents of the web page to a folder.
> Spotlight
> > > may not be able to search these web pages, so it should also save a
> > > of the web page contents in a folder.
> > >
> > > Two of Geniuses at the local Apple Store gave up. They cannot do
> it.
> > > Nada! Where can users find the subroutines necessary to do such a
> > > simple task as "periodically save a searchable web page?"
> > >
> >
> > As another poster suggested, curl is the simple way to get the web
> page.
> > If your Spotlight search is what you really want, that's the end of
> it -
> > do it that way.
> >
> > If you don't really want the html, use "lynx --dump
> http://whatever.com
> > > /yourstorage/whatever.txt" to get a text representation of the
> page.
> >
> > But you can also easily be selective and pull only the data you want
> > from a page with simple Perl scripts. That sometimes becomes
> necessary
> > if you are dealing with forms; see
> > http://aplawrence.com/Words/2005_03_05.html for a small example of
> that.
> >
> > A book that covers LWP is reviewed at
> http://aplawrence.com/Books/webc.html
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Tony Lawrence
> > Unix/Linux/Mac OS X resources: http://aplawrence.com
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In article <1gwi5hj.83n69zlh2g1sN%pa_nihill@yahoo.com>,
pa_nihill@yahoo.com (Patrick Nihill) wrote:
> Next, drag "Download URLs" into the pane underneath the existing
> action. Select which folder you want the web pages downloaded to.
> Select "Save As..." from the file menu and choose "iCal Alarm".
Minor correction. Select "Save As Plugin..." from the File menu.
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In article <1gwi5hj.83n69zlh2g1sN%pa_nihill@yahoo.com>,
pa_nihill@yahoo.com (Patrick Nihill) wrote:
> Next, drag "Download URLs" into the pane underneath the existing
> action. Select which folder you want the web pages downloaded to.
> Select "Save As..." from the file menu and choose "iCal Alarm".
Minor correction. Select "Save As Plugin..." from the File menu.
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In article <1gwi5hj.83n69zlh2g1sN%pa_nihill@yahoo.com>,
pa_nihill@yahoo.com (Patrick Nihill) wrote:
> Create a new Automator workflow, and click the "Safari" category in
> the library. Drag "Get Specified URLs" into the blank pane on the
> right. Add which ever URLs you want downloaded.
>
> Next, drag "Download URLs" into the pane underneath the existing
> action. Select which folder you want the web pages downloaded to.
> Select "Save As..." from the file menu and choose "iCal Alarm". iCal
> will launch and show you your new alarm. Select it, press the little
> "info" button on the bottom right of the iCal window, and schedule
> the task to occur whenever you want.
I just tried it (using Save As Plugin...) and it worked perfectly. It
downloaded the selected page to my hard disk as an HTML file at the
chosen time.
--
Stop Mad Cowboy Disease: Impeach the son of a Bush.
In article <1gwi5hj.83n69zlh2g1sN%pa_nihill@yahoo.com>,
pa_nihill@yahoo.com (Patrick Nihill) wrote:
> Create a new Automator workflow, and click the "Safari" category in
> the library. Drag "Get Specified URLs" into the blank pane on the
> right. Add which ever URLs you want downloaded.
>
> Next, drag "Download URLs" into the pane underneath the existing
> action. Select which folder you want the web pages downloaded to.
> Select "Save As..." from the file menu and choose "iCal Alarm". iCal
> will launch and show you your new alarm. Select it, press the little
> "info" button on the bottom right of the iCal window, and schedule
> the task to occur whenever you want.
I just tried it (using Save As Plugin...) and it worked perfectly. It
downloaded the selected page to my hard disk as an HTML file at the
chosen time.
--
Stop Mad Cowboy Disease: Impeach the son of a Bush.
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-oo0-GoldTrader-0oo- wrote:
> So am I to understand, forget about this late great Automator, and just
> learn to program the thing myself?
Seems so, unfortunately. But I think this will change in the future,
when Applications start supporting Automator.
My example? Office vX, I'd like to move everything that's being saved
into a specific folder into a subfolder thereof - if it was created
using a specific template.
Now try to find out about that template thing.
David
-oo0-GoldTrader-0oo- wrote:
> So am I to understand, forget about this late great Automator, and just
> learn to program the thing myself?
Seems so, unfortunately. But I think this will change in the future,
when Applications start supporting Automator.
My example? Office vX, I'd like to move everything that's being saved
into a specific folder into a subfolder thereof - if it was created
using a specific template.
Now try to find out about that template thing.
David
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Bob Harris <nospam.News.Bob@remove.Smith-Harris.us> wrote:
> Me personally, I have not installed Tiger yet, as I'm waiting for Cisco
> VPN client to be updated, and uControl to come out with a Tiger version,
> so I can not help you with automator.
If you only use uControl to map capslock to control, you won't
need uControl under Tiger. You can set capslock to send control
directly in the Keyboard and Mouse prefs in System Preferences.
Bob Harris <nospam.News.Bob@remove.Smith-Harris.us> wrote:
> Me personally, I have not installed Tiger yet, as I'm waiting for Cisco
> VPN client to be updated, and uControl to come out with a Tiger version,
> so I can not help you with automator.
If you only use uControl to map capslock to control, you won't
need uControl under Tiger. You can set capslock to send control
directly in the Keyboard and Mouse prefs in System Preferences.
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Thanks Patrick Nihill, Michelle Steiner, and Apple. That is absolutely
awesome!
Michelle Steiner wrote:
> In article <1gwi5hj.83n69zlh2g1sN%pa_nihill@yahoo.com>,
> pa_nihill@yahoo.com (Patrick Nihill) wrote:
>
> > Create a new Automator workflow, and click the "Safari" category in
> > the library. Drag "Get Specified URLs" into the blank pane on the
> > right. Add which ever URLs you want downloaded.
> >
> > Next, drag "Download URLs" into the pane underneath the existing
> > action. Select which folder you want the web pages downloaded to.
> > Select "Save As..." from the file menu and choose "iCal Alarm".
iCal
> > will launch and show you your new alarm. Select it, press the
little
> > "info" button on the bottom right of the iCal window, and schedule
> > the task to occur whenever you want.
>
> I just tried it (using Save As Plugin...) and it worked perfectly.
It
> downloaded the selected page to my hard disk as an HTML file at the
> chosen time.
Thanks Patrick Nihill, Michelle Steiner, and Apple. That is absolutely
awesome!
Michelle Steiner wrote:
> In article <1gwi5hj.83n69zlh2g1sN%pa_nihill@yahoo.com>,
> pa_nihill@yahoo.com (Patrick Nihill) wrote:
>
> > Create a new Automator workflow, and click the "Safari" category in
> > the library. Drag "Get Specified URLs" into the blank pane on the
> > right. Add which ever URLs you want downloaded.
> >
> > Next, drag "Download URLs" into the pane underneath the existing
> > action. Select which folder you want the web pages downloaded to.
> > Select "Save As..." from the file menu and choose "iCal Alarm".
iCal
> > will launch and show you your new alarm. Select it, press the
little
> > "info" button on the bottom right of the iCal window, and schedule
> > the task to occur whenever you want.
>
> I just tried it (using Save As Plugin...) and it worked perfectly.
It
> downloaded the selected page to my hard disk as an HTML file at the
> chosen time.
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In article <hOSdnQrISsWBCBjfRVn-2g@seanet.com>,
kyle_jones@wonderworks.com (Kyle Jones) wrote:
> Bob Harris <nospam.News.Bob@remove.Smith-Harris.us> wrote:
> > Me personally, I have not installed Tiger yet, as I'm waiting for Cisco
> > VPN client to be updated, and uControl to come out with a Tiger version,
> > so I can not help you with automator.
>
> If you only use uControl to map capslock to control, you won't
> need uControl under Tiger. You can set capslock to send control
> directly in the Keyboard and Mouse prefs in System Preferences.
Yea, I discovered that little treat in Tiger from earlier posts to the
news groups (thanks to the collective knowledge of the news groups), but
on my laptop I have become addicted to having the "enter" key on my
iBook be an alternate 'fn' key.
So I still would like to have uControl (or DoubleCommand) on Tiger
before I upgrade, but I might go ahead and upgrade anyway once work
makes a copy of the updated Cisco VPN available.
At work, the Tiger keyboard remapping features would work for me, but
iChat is having issues with corporate Proxy servers, so I'm waiting for
that to be fixed before doing the upgrade at work.
As it is I've upgraded an old Blue & White G3/400, but it is hardly used
at home, so I'm not really up to full speed on Tiger just yet.
Bob Harris
In article <hOSdnQrISsWBCBjfRVn-2g@seanet.com>,
kyle_jones@wonderworks.com (Kyle Jones) wrote:
> Bob Harris <nospam.News.Bob@remove.Smith-Harris.us> wrote:
> > Me personally, I have not installed Tiger yet, as I'm waiting for Cisco
> > VPN client to be updated, and uControl to come out with a Tiger version,
> > so I can not help you with automator.
>
> If you only use uControl to map capslock to control, you won't
> need uControl under Tiger. You can set capslock to send control
> directly in the Keyboard and Mouse prefs in System Preferences.
Yea, I discovered that little treat in Tiger from earlier posts to the
news groups (thanks to the collective knowledge of the news groups), but
on my laptop I have become addicted to having the "enter" key on my
iBook be an alternate 'fn' key.
So I still would like to have uControl (or DoubleCommand) on Tiger
before I upgrade, but I might go ahead and upgrade anyway once work
makes a copy of the updated Cisco VPN available.
At work, the Tiger keyboard remapping features would work for me, but
iChat is having issues with corporate Proxy servers, so I'm waiting for
that to be fixed before doing the upgrade at work.
As it is I've upgraded an old Blue & White G3/400, but it is hardly used
at home, so I'm not really up to full speed on Tiger just yet.
Bob Harris
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"-oo0-GoldTrader-0oo-" <nomads_05@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1115965303.345163.273620@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> What we are trying to do is save a specific complete web page, everyday
> for research later using Spotlight.
>
> If an Automator action could be set to start, maybe using an alarm. It
> would need to save the contents of the web page to a folder. Spotlight
> may not be able to search these web pages, so it should also save a pdf
> of the web page contents in a folder.
>
> Two of Geniuses at the local Apple Store gave up. They cannot do it.
> Nada! Where can users find the subroutines necessary to do such a
> simple task as "periodically save a searchable web page?"
>
It seems to me that this can be accomplished by using automater to download
the web page - two actions
1.Get URL
2. Download URL
Then save the Workflow as an application. In iCal place the app as a
recurring item with an alarm that opens a file. Set that file as the saved
workflow application and there you have the saved web page as an HTML.
I just successfully searched the saved html document, using spotlight for
words in that saved web page. Spotlight found the words in the saved page.
The only problem that I anticipate with what you want to do is that the
document saved bears the url as the its name and would be the same every day
as their is no facility to rename the saved page. If you can process the
saved file everyday then this should not be a problem. Otherwise some
AppleScript work should solve this little problem.
"-oo0-GoldTrader-0oo-" <nomads_05@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1115965303.345163.273620@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> What we are trying to do is save a specific complete web page, everyday
> for research later using Spotlight.
>
> If an Automator action could be set to start, maybe using an alarm. It
> would need to save the contents of the web page to a folder. Spotlight
> may not be able to search these web pages, so it should also save a pdf
> of the web page contents in a folder.
>
> Two of Geniuses at the local Apple Store gave up. They cannot do it.
> Nada! Where can users find the subroutines necessary to do such a
> simple task as "periodically save a searchable web page?"
>
It seems to me that this can be accomplished by using automater to download
the web page - two actions
1.Get URL
2. Download URL
Then save the Workflow as an application. In iCal place the app as a
recurring item with an alarm that opens a file. Set that file as the saved
workflow application and there you have the saved web page as an HTML.
I just successfully searched the saved html document, using spotlight for
words in that saved web page. Spotlight found the words in the saved page.
The only problem that I anticipate with what you want to do is that the
document saved bears the url as the its name and would be the same every day
as their is no facility to rename the saved page. If you can process the
saved file everyday then this should not be a problem. Otherwise some
AppleScript work should solve this little problem.
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