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