Paul,
Here is the whole (short) script, so you can see context of what variables
I'm feeding.
<script: ill wrapped, I'm sure>
property replyAcct : ""
tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
if replyAcct = "" then -- get an acct from the pop-up
if class of front window is not draft window then
display dialog "Open a message draft window (or click reply to
an existing message). Set the account pop-up to the account that you would
like this script to use, then run the script again." buttons {"OK"} default
button "OK" with icon 1
else -- if draft window is open in the front
display dialog "You selected \"" & name of account of front
window & "\" as the account you want this script to use. Is that correct?"
buttons {"Yep", "Nope", "Cancel"} default button "Yes"
if button returned of result is "No" then
display dialog "Set the account pop-up in the current
message to the account you'd like this script to use, and then run the
script again." buttons {"Cancel"} default button "Cancel" with icon 1
else
if button returned of result is "Yes" then
set replyAcct to account of front window -- set the
property to the chosen account
display dialog "I have registered \"" & replyAcct & "\"
as the acct to use when this script is invoked." buttons {"OK"} default
button "OK" with icon 1
end if
end if
end if
else -- an acct property exists, so do it
if class of front window is draft window then -- we're cool
set theMsgWin to front window -- does this coerce text?
set account of theMsgWin to replyAcct -- here we do the actual
change
else -- Doh!
beep
display dialog "I can't change the account, because there is no
new message window in front." buttons {"OK"} default button "OK" with icon 0
end if
end if
end tell
</end script>
NOTE: This does work...even though the error dialog appears. Go figua'!
On 2/9/01 10:52 AM, Paul Berkowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote :
> On 2/9/01 6:38 AM, "G Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> The script works fine, even though I get an error dialog.
>>
>> Here is the script snip:
>>
>> ...
>> set theMsgWin to front window
>> set account of theMsgWin to replyAcct
>> ...
>>
>>
>> Here is the error:
>>
>> [Can't make <<class popA>> id33 of application "Microsoft Entourage" into a
>> string.]
>>
>> The acct DOES change, and the setup DOES work. (When I invoke the script for
>> first run, it "takes" the new acct; after the first run, the acct pop-up is
>> properly switched when script is run.)
>>
>> So: what's the error? And: why does it work anyway? And: how can make it
>> go away?
>>
>
> Gary,
>
> You're giving us two lines of the script, but not what you're feeding into
> the variable 'replyAcct'. It sounds as if you may be trying to do this:
>
> set replyAcct to "Some Name"
> set theMsgWin to front window
> set account of theMsgWin to replyAcct
>
> whereas what the applescript syntax requires is:
>
> set replyAcct to POP account "Some Name"
> set theMsgWin to front window
> set account of theMsgWin to replyAcct
>
>
> What AppleScript really does, and needs, is this:
>
> set replyAcct to POP account id 33
>
> That is defining the variable as an object of POP account class, which lets
> you set the account of a draft window to that variable two lines later. If
> you look in the Entourage Dictionary under 'application', meaning Entourage
> itself, you'll see the various elements of the application (like almost any
> element) defined , for example, like this:
>
> window -- by numeric index, name, relative position, test
> POP account -- by numeric index, test
>
> Actually, this appears to be an error, since you can refer to a POP account
> by name or relative position as well as by numeric index and test. (Dan?)
> But Script Editor's Event Log and Result Window, or Smile's Output Windows,
> will show that the other versions are always "translated" back to 'numeric
> index', id number. If you write
>
> POP account "Some Name" -- by name
>
> you'll see the result as
>
> -- POP account id 33
>
> Similarly
>
> POP account 17 -- by relative position
> -- POP account id 33
>
> and the wonderful implementation of "whose clauses" in Entourage:
>
> first POP account whose name starts with "Some" -- by test
> -- POP account id 33
>
> or even
>
> first POP account whose email address contains "domain" -- by test
> -- POP account id 33
>
> But if you just try
>
> "Some Name"
> -- "Some Name"
>
> or
>
> "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
> -- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
>
> you'll just get the the string repeated back to you because that's all it
> is, even if it's in an Entourage tell block.
>
> So if you write:
>
> tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
> set replyAcct to "Some Name"
> set theMsgWin to front window
> set account of theMsgWin to replyAcct
> end tell
>
> you'll get an error. Now when I do that, I actually get a different error
>
> -- ERROR: "Microsoft Entourage expected a reference
>
> and it doesn't change, so maybe you're doing something different. Or
> AppleScript 1.1.2 (OS 8.1) may give a different error than As 1.5.5 (OS
> 9.1).
>
> But when I make the first line the equivalent of
>
> set replyAcct to POP account "Some Name"
>
> using a real account name, it does work without any errors. So that's why I
> suspect you're defining the variable representing the account incorrectly,
> even though I can't get the same error with my system. With more
> information, I could probably figure this out for you.
>
> HTH.
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