AppleScripts

Main Topics to iCal Todos

jeffrey.w.lynch — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 20:50:13 GMT

This AppleScript sample demonstrates how to walk the contents of a Mindjet MindManager map and add topics from the map as iCal todos. It only adds todos for topics that have a due date. This version of the script uses the main topics for iCal calendars (and creates it if it doesn't exist) and then adds all subtopics with end dates as todo items. . The calendar remembers the unique id of the topic in the "description" field so that it can keep track of things. This is mostly used to figure out if a topic has been deleted from the map so that we can remove the corresponding todo item.

See the first in this series "MapToiCal" for more details.

Enjoy!

Map to iCal Todo

jeffrey.w.lynch — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 20:14:00 GMT

Please see the description of "Map to iCal" for more information.

This script just changes from using iCal "events" to using iCal "todos".

Enjoy!

Map to iCal

jeffrey.w.lynch — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:43:36 GMT

This AppleScript walks all the topics in the front-most MindManager map looking for topics with start and/or end dates (i.e. "task topics"). Using the central topic text as the iCal calendar name, one new event will be created for each task topic. Subsequent executions of the script will update the iCal events with new/changed information from the map.

Notes:

- This is a ONE WAY operation currently. It takes information from MindManager and puts it into iCal. The inverse is left as an exercise for the user!

- if the script is run on two or more maps with the same central topic name, then only the data from the last map will be in the calendar.

- If a task topic is removed from the map, the corresponding event will be removed from iCal.

- If a topic has both a start date and an end date, the iCal event will be tagged as "all day". This gives you the nice bars in the calendar view.

- If a topic has only an end date, it will receive a start date of "today".

- If during an update either the start date or end date are removed, the start or end date will be updated with "today".

- The topic unique ID is stored in the "location" field of the iCal event. If this is changed or deleted, the event will lose the connection to the map and will be removed the next time the script is run.

To use the script:

1) Launch MindManager 6 Mac and open a map that has start or end dates on some of the topics.

2) Open "MapToiCal.applescript" in the Script Editor.

3) Run!

Suggestion:

Save the script as an application and put it in your Dock or script menu for easy access!

Firefox to MindManager 6 Mac AppleScript

brookstein — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 19:59:30 GMT

This is a handy AppleScript created by a member of our Mac Development Team, Scott Thompson, that sends the name of the page you are currently visiting in Firefox to MindManager. It adds the name of the page as a subtopic and creates a hyperlink back to it. It's great for doing research or keeping track of your favorite sites in a map.

Spotlight to Map

Michael S. Scherotter — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 20:42:08 GMT

The Spotlight To Map sample script is an example of an AppleScript Studio application. The objective of the sample is to demonstrate how to capture information in MindManager through AppleScript. This sample is packaged as a zip archive which contains the sample in both source code form and as a built executable.

The SpotlightToMap application allows you to search the contents of your hard drive for a word or phrase, and collects the results of that search into a map with the query results sorted into categories within a map. The application relies on the Mac OS X Spotlight search engine to perform the query.

To run the script, you can simply double click the SpotlightToMap application. The computer will put up a search window into which you can enter the word or phrase that you would like to search for. When you click the "Search" button, the application will begin a series of Spotlight searches and send the results to MindManager.

In MindManager, if you have a map open and a topic selected, the results of the Spotlight search will be added as subtopics of that selected topic. If you do not have a topic selected, the search results will be added as subtopics of the central topic of the frontmost map. If you do not have a map open in MindManger, then the SpotlightToMap application will create a new map in MindManager and add the search results as subtopics of the central topic.

Requirements:

Mindjet MindManager 6 Mac

Mail to Map

Michael S. Scherotter — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 20:41:02 GMT

Applescript that demonstrates how MindManager can represent information from other applications in new, and helpful ways.

The script examines the mail messages in Apple's built-in e-mail client (often known simply as "Mail" or "Mail.app") and builds a map based on the contents of the currently selected mail messages in Mail. It collects a list of the senders for each e-mail in the selection and creates a main topic for each unique sender. For each e-mail sent by that person, it adds a subtopic that includes information about each e-mail that the person sent.

To use the script, start Mail.app and select a group of messages you wish to collate. Then run the sample script using the AppleScript Script Editor.

Requirements:

Mindjet MindManager 6 Mac

Map to Pages Outline

Michael S. Scherotter — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 20:40:07 GMT

AppleScript that both convert the structure of a map into a linear outline form and save the resulting text into Apple's Pages word processor. There are two versions of the script which each represent the structure of the outline, in Pages, in their own way. MapToPagesOutlineWithTabs will indent subtopics in the outline by prefixing the topic text with tab characters. This make the outline structure of the resulting document very apparent. MapToPagesOutlineWithIndents uses Pages' own outline capabilities. The script changes indent level of the paragraph corresponding to a topic to reflect its level in the outline's hierarchy.

To use the scripts, simply ensure that the map whose structure you wish to outline is the front most document open in MindManager and run the script using the AppleScript Script Editor.

For more information about Pages, please see Apple's iWork web site.

Requirements:

Mindjet MindManager 6 Mac

OmniOutliner to Map

Michael S. Scherotter — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 20:38:35 GMT

AppleScript that demonstrates how to build a map from hierarchical data found in another application. The script takes the front most document in OmniOutliner and builds a map in MindManager whose structure matches the outline. To use the script, open the OmniOutliner document whose map representation you wish to construct and run the script using the AppleScript Script Editor.

Mindjet MindManager 6 Mac

Map to OmniOutliner

Michael S. Scherotter — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 20:37:31 GMT

Applescript that demonstrates how an application can walk through the hierarchy of a map and transfer information from the topics of the map to another program. In particular, this script creates an OmniOutliner document whose outline structure matches that of a map.

To use the script, open the map you wish to convert in MindManager and run the script using the AppleScript Script Editor.

Requirements:

MindManager 6 Mac

Color Main Topic Lines

Michael S. Scherotter — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 20:35:38 GMT

Applescript that takes a pre- existing map and changes the line color of each of the main topics so that they take on the colors of the rainbow. To use the script, open the map you want to change in MindManager and ensure that it is the front most MindManager document, then run the script with the AppleScript Script Editor.

Requirements

MindManager 6 Mac