Akua Sweets has a function called "Puppet menu" that'll do this. I hear it
has issues though, something about not activating the menu command in time
for the next line of code to act on it.
- B
>> Can someone write an applescript that simply does the equivalent of the
>> following commands in Entourage:
>>
>> COMMAND-R
>> RETURN (control-M?)
>> COMMAND-S
>>
>> I could do it in KeyQuencer, but I'm not using that any more and would like
>> to move on to Applescripts, especially since they are nicely integrated into
>> Entourage.
>
> Honestly, this is a task better suited for something like KeyQuencer or
> OneClick, rather than AppleScript. If there is an osax that will let you
> "type" a key (such as Return) (Allen? Paul? Anyone know of such?) then this
> could work, but otherwise it can't really be done elegantly with AS.
>
> Part of the problem is that Entourage's reply to always quotes the entire
> message, not just selected text as the menu option does. There are osaxen
> that will let you select menus, but so will OneClick (and KeyQuencer, too,
> although I don't know much about it).
>
> In OneClick, for example, it would be a simple script of:
>
> KeyPress Command "r"
> Type Return
> KeyPress Command "s"
>
> ...almost exactly as you've outlined it. (Well, there would need to be some
> code to wait for the window to be created before typing the Return, but
> that's fairly trivial.)
>
> It *could* all be done with vanilla RppleScript, but it would take some
> doing.
>
> George
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