Re: Entourage: Using AppleScript with Rules?
Re: Entourage: Using AppleScript with Rules?
- Subject: Re: Entourage: Using AppleScript with Rules?
- From: Jason Bourque <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 18:54:48 -0400
Paul,
Thanks for the clarification, I got it working.
Thanks,
Jason Bourque
On 7/22/03 5:46 PM, "Paul Berkowitz" <email@hidden> wrote:
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On 7/22/03 2:26 PM, "Jason Bourque" <email@hidden> wrote:
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> I must of asked the wrong question. I know how to set up rules.
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> How does the applescript know to target the message handled by the rule?
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> Does the script I included work, it doesn't seem so to me.
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> tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
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> -- Get Message
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> set vMsg to item 1 of (get current messages)
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> tell vMsg
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> set vSubject to subject
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> end tell
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> end tell
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> display dialog vSubject
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Because 'current messages' means not only 'selected messages in a folder in
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the UI', it also means 'the message targeted by the rule running this
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script, as list' (so you still need 'item 1'). It will work when you set up
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your rule to "Run AppleScript", click the "Script..." button, and browse to
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select this script SAVED as a compiled script, preferably in the Entourage
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Script Menu Items folder (which lets you run the script also from the script
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menu). It won't work until you've saved the script as a compiled script.
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You can also run it on a selected message to test it, and it will work from
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Script Editor like so, but that's not what you're asking.
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Do not have the script open in Script Editor while you're trying to run it
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from a rule in Entourage (although it should work anyway, frankly, if it's
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been saved previously).
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