[curt.clifton]

Tim, we're almost there.

Here's what I almost have working now:

tell application "OmniFocus"
	tell quick entry
		-- Need to make task before activating or we get two tasks
		make new inbox task with properties {name:"foo", note:"bar"}
		activate
		-- Need to use tree 1, rather than {task 1} as in
		-- posted example
		select tree 1
		set note expanded of tree 1 to true
	end tell
end tell

If I activate before making the new task, then I get two tasks: the "foo" task added by the script and a new empty task.

If I add the task before activating, then the task pane in the QE window does not have focus. That necessitates a trip to the mouse in order to edit the new task.

Also, no joy in setting the context of the QE task.