Re: emailer script question....
Re: emailer script question....
- Subject: Re: emailer script question....
- From: "Marc K. Myers" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 17:25:25 -0500
- Organization: [very little]
michael s. roels wrote:
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Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 12:59:51 -0600
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Subject: emailer script question....
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From: "michael s. roels" <email@hidden>
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To: <email@hidden>
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i have written a script for emailer to create a new mail message, address
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it, paste the contents of the clipboard in the body of the message, and send
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the message. everything works as planned as long as i do not try to paste
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from the clipboard. i get an error that states "claris emailer got an error:
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this command is not available while the application is in the background"
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i get this error while running the script in script editor and as a classic
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applet.
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can someone please help? i know this has to be something small that i am
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overlooking.
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thanks in advance for any help!
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michael
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(the "{" and "}" and everything in between them are all on one line. it is
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wrapping in this email.)
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START OF SCRIPT
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tell application "Finder" to launch "claris emailer"
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tell application "Claris Emailer"
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set bodyvar to clipboard --"test message"
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set addrVar to "email@hidden"
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set addrNameVar to "me"
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set subjectvar to "re: "
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make new outgoing message with properties ,
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{subject:subjectvar, content:bodyvar, scheduled:true,
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recipient:{{address:{address:addrVar, display name:addrNameVar}, recipient
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type:to recipient}}}
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connect to "America Online" with properties and sending
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end tell
In put an "activate" on the line before "set bodyvar to clipboard". The
application is in the background unless you do so.
Marc [12/6/00 5:25:20 PM]