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svs

29 Aug, 2018 03:42 PM

I'm using the following code from Voodoopad Page Events:

function pageWasCreated(document, item) {
    var attString = item.dataAsAttributedString();
    attString.mutableString().appendString("\nThis page was created on " + (new Date()));
    item.setDataWithAttributedString(attString);
}

However, this produces:

This page was created on Wed Aug 29 2018 16:33:02 GMT+0100 (BST)

I want to change the date format to:

This page was created on Wed Aug 29 2018 16:33:02

How do I change this?

1. 1 Posted by Sarah on 29 Aug, 2018 10:11 PM

   

   Try this:

   function pageWasCreated(document, item) {
       var attString = item.dataAsAttributedString();
       attString.mutableString().appendString("\nThis page was created on " + (new Date().toString()).replace(/ \w+-\d+ \(.*\)$/,"")));
       item.setDataWithAttributedString(attString);
   }
   

   This should give you the second date format. Let me know if you run into any issues.

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2. 2 Posted by svs on 31 Aug, 2018 08:05 AM

   

   Many thanks, but this still returns:

   This page was created on Fri Aug 31 2018 09:03:16 GMT+0100 (BST)
   

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3. 3 Posted by Sarah on 31 Aug, 2018 03:14 PM

   

   Did you remove the previous script completely from the VPPageEventScript? If so, have you tried closing and reopening VoodooPad, and then attempting to create a new page?

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4. 4 Posted by svs on 31 Aug, 2018 04:02 PM

   

   Yes tried that and still no joy. My VPPageEventScript contains the
   following:

   function makeOrphanedPage(document) {

   var linkedPages = {}; // using a hash table here because it's
   convenient.
   var orphanedPages = [];
   var summaryPageName = "Orphaned Pages";

   /* Collect all linked pages. */
   var keys = document.keys();
   for (i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
   var page = document.pageForKey(keys[i]);

   if (!page.isText() || (page.key() == "orphaned pages")) {
   continue;
   }

   var pageContent = page.dataAsAttributedString();
   var linkedPageNames =
   document.linkedPageNamesInAttributedString(pageContent);

   for (j = 0; j < linkedPageNames.length; j++) {

   linkedKey = linkedPageNames[j].vpkey();

   // ignore self links.
   if (!linkedKey.isEqualToString(page.key())) {
   linkedPages[linkedKey] = "";
   }
   }
   }

   /* Now compare the linked pages with all pages to find the orphaned
   ones. */
   for (i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
   var key = keys[i];
   if (linkedPages[key] == null) {
   orphanedPages.push(key);
   }
   }
   
   /* Create a summary page and open it. */
   var summaryPage = document.createNewPageWithName(summaryPageName);
   summaryPage.setDataAsString(summaryPageName + "\n\n" +
   orphanedPages.join("\n"));
   }

   function pageWasOpened(document, page) {
   if (page.key() == "orphaned pages") {
   makeOrphanedPage(document);
   }
   }

   function pageWasCreated(document, item) {
   var attString = item.dataAsAttributedString();
   attString.mutableString().appendString("\nThis page was created on
   " + (new Date().toString()).replace(/ \w+-\d+ \(.*\)$/,"")));
   item.setDataWithAttributedString(attString);
   }

   and a new page returns:

   This page was created on Fri Aug 31 2018 17:02:17 GMT+0100 (BST)

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5. 5 Posted by Sarah on 31 Aug, 2018 08:20 PM

   

   Do you have any other event script pages within that document?

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6. 6 Posted by svs on 01 Sep, 2018 09:41 AM

   

   No, just the one: https://d.pr/i/G6kIkH

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7. 7 Posted by Sarah on 04 Sep, 2018 01:11 PM

   

   I see. What version of VoodooPad are you currently using? And which device and macOS version?

   Does anything change if you delete the current VPPageEventScript and create a new one with the above script?

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