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Re: myLoop: getting subject of messages in Mail.app
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Re: myLoop: getting subject of messages in Mail.app


  • Subject: Re: myLoop: getting subject of messages in Mail.app
  • From: cricket <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 16:02:01 -0800

On Monday, March 3, 2003, at 3:48 PM, Bill Briggs wrote:

There are cases where a get is absolutely required if you want to accomplish something in a single Applescript statement.

In this case it's required because the scripting implementation isn't according to Hoyle. Which is what JD is trying to convince you of.

The simplest example I know of is this:

tell app "Microsoft Entourage"
say subject of message 1 of folder 1
end tell

That script fails (presuming folder 1 has 1 message in it).

However, this works:

tell app "Microsoft Entourage"
say (get subject of message 1 of folder 1)
end tell

The 'say' command expects a string, not an object reference, so it fails unless you evaluate it first. This also works (which is the workaround the original poster stumbled upon):

tell app "Microsoft Entourage"
set theSubject to subject of message 1 of folder 1
say theSubject
end tell

The set command does an implicit get on the expression, and sets it to a string instead of an object.

Personally, I think the first example should just work, but it doesn't.

- cricket

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