pdfpenocr.scpt

--
-- OCR all documents added to a folder
--
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items
	try
		repeat with i from 1 to number of items in added_items
			set this_item to item i of added_items
			set appName to my getAppName()
			tell application appName
				activate
				using terms from application "PDFpen"
					open this_item
					set theDoc to document 1
					if needs ocr of theDoc then
						ocr theDoc
						repeat while performing ocr of theDoc
						end repeat
						save theDoc
					end if
					close theDoc
				end using terms from
			end tell
		end repeat
	on error errText
		display dialog "OCRMe Error: " & errText
	end try
end adding folder items to

on getAppName()
	tell application "Finder"
		try
			try
				set appName to name of application file id "com.smileonmymac.PDFpen"
			on error
				set appName to name of application file id "com.smileonmymac.PDFpenPro"
			end try
		on error
			set appName to name of application file id "com.smileonmymac.PDFPen.MacAppStore"
		end try
	end tell
	return appName as string
end getAppName