Single script fetching of both name and address?

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When custom scripts are being used, the code required to fetch a name can often duplicate the code required to fetch an address.

When the name and code string cost a lot of duplicated Apple Events to separately retrieve, this can slow down the opening of the Hook dialog.

Might it be possible to find a way to return both name and address from a single custom script, returning both in a key:value record, for example, or binding both to a pair of reserved names ?

(in the meanwhile, if there is a consistent pattern to the order in which Get Name and Get Address are evaluated, the second of them might, I guess, be able to retrieve a second value left waiting for it in the clipboard by the first script. A little fragile though.)

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Thanks for the suggestion, Rob. That seems feasible at this point. We’ll take some measures and discuss the idea internally. There’s lots in the pipeline.

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@RobTrew

In the latest version of Hook (1.2.0) the Get Address script can return a markdown link which contains the name and address e.g. [title](address)

Hook won’t run the Get Name script if the Get Address script returns a markdown link with a valid title.

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Many thanks for implementing that :ok_hand:

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Wow, great creative thinking in response to the original request! :ok_hand:

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