Export outline w/o Notes Column
 

I've tried various of Rob's scripts (all excellent, BTW) but cannot see how to export a document to OMPL without the notes included.

I"m trying to get to a plain text document suitable for Markdown. Works great but for the notes I don't want to see.

Thanks.
M.

Which script are you using? I'm not aware of any by Rob that do OO->OPML except as a step between OF and OPML. Not sure why he would write one, given that OO has built-in OPML export...

As a quick and dirty hack, the following bit of Applescript will remove all the notes from the front document:

[code]
tell application "OmniOutliner Professional"
tell front document
repeat with myRow in rows
set note of myRow to missing value
end repeat
end tell
end tell
[/code]

Be sure you run it on a duplicate copy!

(If you've got the non-Pro ("OmniOutliner Amateur"? :-)) version, just remove " Professional" from the "tell application" line)

As another idea, on the [URL="http://www.omnigroup.com/products/omnioutliner/extras/"]OmniOutliner Extras page[/URL], there's an export plug-in that goes to Markdown, if you've got the Pro version.

Sorry, I mixed up two thoughts.

1. I can export to OPML with OO's built-in function. It always exports notes.

2. I tried Rob's scripts (Filter Parameters, Filter Copy, Filter Row by Column Value) to see if I could filter the Notes Column. Seems like it should work but I'm not programmer enough to see how.

Finally, thanks for the script to null the note field. I can make that work. I was seeking a nondestructive method but this is just fine.

Thanks again,
M>

Ah, not a problem. If you're interested in using Rob's Filter scripts, it should be a 1-line change to make them not include the notes.

Somewhere in the middle of the script, you'll find a few lines that look like this:
[code]

-- COPY FILTERED ROWS INTO NEW DOCUMENT
duplicate refRows to the end of the children of docFiltered
set expanded of rows of docFiltered to false
[/code]

Just add a line following that:

[code]
set note of rows of docFiltered to missing value
[/code]

and save the script with a suitable name. A bit like drawing a moustache on the Mona Lisa, to be sure :-)

Thanks. Just what I wanted.

Like the industrialist whose factory stopped working. Hired a handyman who said he could fix anything. The man walked to one of the machines, hit it with a hammer and the whole factory started up. He handed the industrialist a invoice for $1 million.

"But you only hit it with a hammer!"

"Yeah. That's $1 for hitting it with the hammer and $999,999 for knowing where to hit."