I’m very new to applescript, and could really do with a shade of help.
I would like to be able to have a “watched folder” and when I dump .pdf files inside this folder, I would like to fire-up my email software (currently Outlook Express) and send an email to my client telling him to access the “watched folder” (on our network)…
I know you are all thinking, why not just email my client the .pdf files… well his email software is so old our attachments get corrupted and/or go missing… can anyone help point me in the right direction…?
I have found some applescript examples on this discussion forum but I can’t get them to work properly…
I’m using OS 9.2.2
cheers ears
Az
…forgot to add, this is what I’ve got so far…
set the_recipient to “testing@myEmailAddress.com”
set the_subject to “please check this”
set the_content to “hi there, your files are waiting”
on adding folder items to myFolder after receiving added_items
repeat with each in added_items
tell application “Outlook Express”
make new draft window with properties ¬
{to recipients:the_recipient, subject:the_subject, content:the_content}
save window 1
send front window
end tell
end repeat
end adding folder items to
what am I doing wrong? as It doesn’t work, I keep getting an error -2753
I think the source of your error was when you set your variables for email address, subject, and recipient, you did it outside of the event handler. I got the same error but after moving that within the handler it worked fine.
Hope this helps,
(*
set the_recipient to "testing@myEmailAddress.com"
set the_subject to "please check this"
set the_content to "hi there, your files are waiting"*)
on adding folder items to myFolder after receiving added_items
--make sure you set these variables within your event handler (on adding folder items...)
set the_recipient to "testing@myEmailAddress.com"
set the_subject to "please check this"
set the_content to "hi there, your files are waiting"
--maybe you want a separate email for each file, I thought it would be better to list the new files - up to you
set New_Files to ""
repeat with each in added_items
set each to each as string --for each item added, add the file name to the empty variable we just set prior to the repeat
set New_Files to New_Files & return & each
end repeat
set the_content to the_content & return & New_Files as string --combine your initial message with the names of your new files
tell application "Outlook Express"
set Email_Notify to make outgoing message with properties {subject:the_subject, recipient:the_recipient, content:the_content}
send Email_Notify
end tell
end adding folder items to
(*If your client ever upgraded their email, and you wanted to start sending the PDF's you can attach files
to this email by
1. defining a path to a file
set The_Attachment to "Mac HD:Some Folder:Some File"
2. adding that to the message properties
tell application "Outlook Express"
set Email_Notify to make outgoing message with properties {subject:the_subject, recipient:the_recipient, content:the_content, attachment:The_Attachment, encoding:AppleDouble}
send Email_Notify
end tell
*)
sorry for all the dumb questions, but here’s another!
The original code works a treat, although once you deliver clients move the goal posts…
All I wanted to do was to get a BCC or CC to be sent at the same time, thought I could do it, but I can’t seem to get it right… doh!
on adding folder items to myFolder after receiving added_items
--make sure you set these variables within your event handler (on adding folder items...)
set the_recipient to "testing@myEmailAddress.com"
set the_bcc to "testingBCC@myEmailAddress.com"
set the_subject to "please check this"
set the_content to "hi there, your files are waiting"
As long as you ask it - it can’t be dumb. And actually this is quite a good question.
I’ve never tried to do that - and now that I look at it , doesn’t appear to be as straightforward.
This was the only way I could get it to work. Maybe someone out there knows how to directly set the BCC header in the properties of the email, I could only do it by opening the newly composed outgoing message, and setting the bcc recipients…
Your new code would be…
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tell application "Outlook Express"
set Email_Notify to make outgoing message with properties {subject:the_subject, recipient:the_recipient, content:the_content}
open Email_Notify--open it so it is the front window
set BCC recipients of front window to the_bcc--set the bcc recipients of the front window
send Email_Notify
end tell
Like I said - there may be a more efficient method of doing this. I don’t particularly like to depend on opening a window - and making things happen to the front window.
Well, this seems to work just fine - I tested it and got the BCC. But it is kind of a muddled way of accomplishing something that should be done in one line.
tell application "Outlook Express"
set Email_Notify to a reference to make outgoing message with properties {subject:the_subject, recipient:the_recipient, content:the_content}
open Email_Notify --open it so it is the front window
set BCC recipients of front window to the_bcc --set the bcc recipients of the front window
save window the_subject
close window the_subject
send Email_Notify
end tell
But then I’ve never been above using muddled code.
