Absolutely: here it is:
set myTag to “Reading”
set dateFormat to “mmddyyyy” – choose “mmddyyyy” or “ddmmyyyy” based on your region
set bookTitle to text returned of ( display dialog “What’s the title of the book?” default answer “”)
set numPages to text returned of ( display dialog “How many pages are in the book?” default answer 0) as integer
set startDate to text returned of ( display dialog “When should this start?” default answer “yyyymmdd”)
set endDate to text returned of ( display dialog “When should this end?” default answer “yyyymmdd”)
set deferYear to text 1 thru 4 of startDate
set deferMonth to text 5 thru 6 of startDate
set deferDay to text 7 thru 8 of startDate
set endYear to text 1 thru 4 of endDate
set endMonth to text 5 thru 6 of endDate
set endDay to text 7 thru 8 of endDate
if (dateFormat = “mmddyyyy”) then
set endDateString to endMonth & “/” & endDay & “/” & endYear
set endDate to date endDateString
set dateString to deferMonth & “/” & deferDay & “/” & deferYear
set deferDate to date dateString
else if (dateFormat = “ddmmyyyy”) then
set endDateString to endDay & “/” & endMonth & “/” & endYear
set endDate to date endDateString
set dateString to deferDay & “/” & deferMonth & “/” & deferYear
set deferDate to date dateString
end if
set numDays to ((endDate - deferDate) div days) + 1
tell application “OmniFocus”
tell document of front window
set pagesPer to numPages / numDays
set startPage to text returned of ( display dialog “Starting Page?” default answer “1”)
set endPage to pagesPer as integer
set i to 2
set taskTitle to "Read pages " & startPage & " - " & endPage & " of " & bookTitle
set theTag to first flattened tag where its name is myTag
set newTask to make new inbox task with properties {name:taskTitle, defer date:deferDate, primary tag:theTag}
repeat (numDays - 1) times
set startPage to endPage + 1
set endPage to round (pagesPer * i) rounding up
set taskTitle to "Read pages " & startPage & " - " & endPage & " of " & bookTitle
set deferDate to deferDate + (60 * 60 * 24)
set newTask to make new inbox task with properties {name:taskTitle, defer date:deferDate, primary tag:theTag}
set i to i + 1
end repeat
return bookTitle & ": " & numPages
end tell
end tell
thanks a million for even looking at this!
