Re: Mail: save attachment fails in Mountain Lion 10.8.2
Re: Mail: save attachment fails in Mountain Lion 10.8.2
- Subject: Re: Mail: save attachment fails in Mountain Lion 10.8.2
- From: Neil Faiman <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:26:26 -0400
What I seem to have discovered is that "save _attachment_ in _path_" no longer works, but that if you change it to "save _attachment_ in FILE _path_", it works just fine.
Regards,
Neil Faiman
On Sep 25, 2012, at 6:35 PM, Lists <email@hidden> wrote:
> 10.8.2 - Just checked my similar script - It's hosed. I'll work on it later when I have more time. I did note in the script replies that "path to documents folder" is returning very strange results???
>
> J
>
> On Sep 24, 2012, at 5:00 AM, Neil Faiman <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>> I've been using this code for many years; after updating to 10.8.2, it now fails.
>>
>> Here is a simple reproducer:
>>
>> tell application "System Events"
>> set desktopFolder to path of desktop folder
>> end tell
>> tell application "Mail"
>> set theMessage to item 1 of (get selection)
>> set anAttachment to mail attachment 1 of theMessage
>> set destination to desktopFolder & (name of anAttachment)
>> display dialog destination
>> try
>> save anAttachment in destination
>> on error the error_message number the error_number
>> display dialog "Error: " & the error_number & ". " & the error_message buttons {"Cancel"} default button 1
>> end try
>> end tell
>>
>> The "display dialog destination" shows "Macintosh HD:Users:neil:Desktop:ZBA Minutes 061212 final.doc".
>>
>> The "on error" clause displays "Error: -10000. Mail got an error: AppleEvent handler failed."
>>
>> Does anyone else have any experience like this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Neil Faiman
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