Apple

this works if the selected image is in a finder folder or in the scripts meny but NOT on the desktop.........why not when its on the desktop.

on run

tell application "Finder"

activate

set the_selection to get selection

repeat with an_item in the_selection

set the_name to name of an_item

set the_extension to name extension of an_item

tell application "Mail"

activate

set MyEmail to make new outgoing message

set MessageFont to message font

set MessageFontSize to message font size

set theSubject to "Pic from Dad"

set theContent to "I hope you like this pic" & return & return

tell MyEmail

make new recipient at end of to recipients with properties {address:"email@hidden"}

set visible to true

set content to theContent

set subject to theSubject

set sender to "email@hidden"

set theAttachment to (an_item as alias)

tell content to make new attachment with properties {file name:theAttachment} at after last paragraph

end tell

end repeat

end tell

end run