Barry, although none of this info is new to me, I've saved your message, because it is one of the clearest explanations I've seen of how to read a dictionary and how to work with "recipients." If anyone else asks a similar question, I plan to send them a copy!
Allen -- Microsoft MVP for Entourage/OE/Word Allen Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> XNS name: =Allen Watson Applescripts for Outlook Express and Entourage: <http://homepage.mac.com/allenwatson/> > From: Barry Wainwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 23:05:45 +0000 > To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Entourage Applescript Help... (to: field) > > On 14/12/01 9:27 pm, "Domains4Days.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> For incoming mail : I can't seem to find the command to get the "to:" field >> in a message.... (to put on the clipboard) >> >> tell application "Microsoft Entourage" >> set theMessage to the displayed message of the front window >> >> set theSender to sender of theMessage >> >> set towho to ???account/or/recipient??? of theMessage >> >> set the clipboard to theSender & "-" & towho >> >> end tell > > First place to look is in the Entourage Applescript Dictionary. Get this by > choosing the menu item 'open dictionary' if you're using Apple's Script > Editor or Smile. > > This shows that an 'incoming Message' is defined as having an element called > 'recipient' which can be got by index (first recipient, recipient 2, etc) or > by test (recipients whose x is y). > >> Class incoming message : (inherits from message) An incoming e-mail message >> Plural form: >> incoming messages >> Elements: >> attachment by numeric index, test >> recipient by numeric index, test > > Now, look further on in the dictionary and see how a recipient is defined. > It says this: > >> Class recipient : Message recipient >> Plural form: >> recipients >> Properties: >> address address -- the recipient's address >> recipient type to recipient/cc recipient/bcc recipient/newsgroup >> recipient >> -- the type of recipient > > So, it has two properties � an address (of type �address�, so we need to > look back at the disctionary again), and the �recipient type� . > > Now, tie this in with the �recipient by test� of the Incoming Message class > and we start to get somewhere: > >> recipients of theMess whose recipient type is to recipient >> -- {recipient 1 of incoming message id 29730} > > Note that the value returned is a list! This is because there could be more > than one �to recipient�! > > Now, remember what we said about the addresses? We need to look back into > the dictionary to see how the �address� class is defined: > >> Class address : An e-mail message address >> Plural form: >> addresses >> Properties: >> display name Unicode text -- the name used for display >> address string -- the e-mail address > > Here it can get a little confusing. CLASS address has a property called > �address� that is of type string. The authors of Entourage could possibly > have chosen a better phrase here to make thingsd a little clearer (�address > string� or �email address�?), but still, we have to work with what we�ve > got. > > Now,�recipients of theMess whose recipient type is to recipient� got us a > reference to a list of recipients ({recipient 1 of incoming message id > 29730}). We can ask for their addresses, which will get us the entire > record: > >> address of (recipients of theMess whose recipient type is to recipient) >> -- {{address:"[EMAIL PROTECTED]", display name:"Entourage >> mac Talk"}} > > Or, you can ask for the bit you want: > >> address of address of (recipients of theMess whose recipient type is to >> recipient) >> -- {"[EMAIL PROTECTED]"} >> >> Display name of address of (recipients of theMess whose recipient type is to >> recipient) >> -- {"Entourage mac Talk"} > > This is the information you were after! Remember that it is still in list > form and there could be more than one. There could also be less than one! > (messages without a �to� recipient are valid!), so some testing will prevent > a script error when you try to get properties of recipients that are not > present. > > I hope this helps you get the information you wanted for your script and > also to learn how to interpret the AS dictionaries. Digging in the > dictionary can be the best way to learn just what can be done in an > application. That of course, relies on the dictionary being well written. > Fortunately, with just one or two small exceptions, the Entourage dictionary > is one of the best in existence, and is well worth perusing. > HTH! > > > -- > Barry Wainwright > <http://www.barryw.net> > > > When choosing between two evils, I like to > choose the one I've never done before. > > > -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To search the archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
