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TUAW > AppleScripting OmniFocus > Send Completed Task Report to Evernote
-- Prepare a name for the new note
set theNoteName to "OmniFocus Completed Task Report"
-- Prompt the user to choose a scope for the report
activate
set theReportScope to choose from list {"Today", "Yesterday", "This Week", "Last Week", "This Month"} default items {"Yesterday"} with prompt "Generate a report for:" with title "OmniFocus Completed Task Report"
if theReportScope = false then return
set theReportScope to item 1 of theReportScope
-- Calculate the task start and end dates, based on the specified scope
set theStartDate to current date
set hours of theStartDate to 0
set minutes of theStartDate to 0
set seconds of theStartDate to 0
set theEndDate to theStartDate + (23 * hours) + (59 * minutes) + 59
if theReportScope = "Today" then
set theDateRange to date string of theStartDate
else if theReportScope = "Yesterday" then
set theStartDate to theStartDate - 1 * days
set theEndDate to theEndDate - 1 * days
set theDateRange to date string of theStartDate
else if theReportScope = "This Week" then
repeat until (weekday of theStartDate) = Sunday
set theStartDate to theStartDate - 1 * days
end repeat
repeat until (weekday of theEndDate) = Saturday
set theEndDate to theEndDate + 1 * days
end repeat
set theDateRange to (date string of theStartDate) & " through " & (date string of theEndDate)
else if theReportScope = "Last Week" then
set theStartDate to theStartDate - 7 * days
set theEndDate to theEndDate - 7 * days
repeat until (weekday of theStartDate) = Sunday
set theStartDate to theStartDate - 1 * days
end repeat
repeat until (weekday of theEndDate) = Saturday
set theEndDate to theEndDate + 1 * days
end repeat
set theDateRange to (date string of theStartDate) & " through " & (date string of theEndDate)
else if theReportScope = "This Month" then
repeat until (day of theStartDate) = 1
set theStartDate to theStartDate - 1 * days
end repeat
repeat until (month of theEndDate) is not equal to (month of theStartDate)
set theEndDate to theEndDate + 1 * days
end repeat
set theEndDate to theEndDate - 1 * days
set theDateRange to (date string of theStartDate) & " through " & (date string of theEndDate)
end if
-- Begin preparing the task list as HTML.
set theProgressDetail to "<html><body><h1>Completed Tasks</h1><br><b>" & theDateRange & "</b><br><hr><br>"
-- Retrieve a list of projects modified within the specified scope
set modifiedTasksDetected to false
tell application "OmniFocus"
tell front document
set theModifiedProjects to every flattened project where its modification date is greater than theStartDate and modification date is less than theEndDate
-- Loop through any detected projects
repeat with a from 1 to length of theModifiedProjects
set theCurrentProject to item a of theModifiedProjects
-- Retrieve any project tasks modified within the specified scope
set theCompletedTasks to (every flattened task of theCurrentProject where its completed = true and modification date is greater than theStartDate and modification date is less than theEndDate and number of tasks = 0)
-- Loop through any detected tasks
if theCompletedTasks is not equal to {} then
set modifiedTasksDetected to true
-- Append the project name to the task list
set theProgressDetail to theProgressDetail & "<h2>" & name of theCurrentProject & "</h2>" & return & "<br><ul>"
repeat with b from 1 to length of theCompletedTasks
set theCurrentTask to item b of theCompletedTasks
-- Append the tasks's name to the task list
set theProgressDetail to theProgressDetail & "<li>" & name of theCurrentTask & "</li>" & return
end repeat
set theProgressDetail to theProgressDetail & "</ul>" & return
end if
end repeat
end tell
end tell
set theProgressDetail to theProgressDetail & "</body></html>"
-- Notify the user if no projects or tasks were found
if modifiedTasksDetected = false then
display alert "OmniFocus Completed Task Report" message "No modified tasks were found for " & theReportScope & "."
return
end if
-- Create the note in Evernote.
tell application "Evernote"
activate
set theNote to create note notebook "Inbox" title theNoteName with html theProgressDetail
open note window with theNote
end tell
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Just an FYI: This script doesn't work for me. It gets the wrong tasks, selecting the same 4 (from 4 different dates) regardless of the date selected in the menu that pops up when the script is run.

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