AppleScript does that kind of thing, but it depends on the application. If you are talking Entourage, it has a rich scripting dictionary. If you are talking Word...lots less likely, although perhaps may work. You won't be able to use one script for several applications; you'll need a different script for each application.
However, AS does not do well at manipulating the graphical interface elements. For the most part it works as an alternative to the GUI. So, what you are wanting to do, really is save a file as PDF, is that right? Your description does not fit the Entourage print dialog I see, so I'm not sure what you want. If I print a message, I do not get any "output options." I see a preview of the message printout. And, if I look at the scripting dictionary for Entourage (use Open dictionary in Script Editor), the "print" command only take the parameter of what to print; no options. So, although I have not used it, I surmise that it does not do much different than if you hit Cmd-P in Entourage...you will still need to interact with the print dialog as usual. You really seem to be wanting something more like what OneClick used to do in OS 8/9. Perhaps Youpi Key (free), or QuicKeys (very spendy) might do the trick. But then, perhaps someone else can see a way I don't. On or near 5/13/02 4:39 PM, Jan Martel at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed: > I've been happily using all of you wonderful folks' apple scripts, which > seemed to do everything I wanted. Then today as I was printing to a file for > the millionth time (okay, it just seemed like that :-)), it occurred to me > that I ought to be capable of writing a simple little script to do it. Am I? > Where should I start? What I want to do is tell the computer to launch the > print dialog, select "output options" click on "save to file" and then > offer me the save dialog so I can decide where to save the file and what to > call it. Is that the sort of thing Applescript can do? If it is, I'll go off > and read the Apple info on AS and see where I get (should I confess that the > last time I wrote any programs it was in Autocoder in 1964 or so? At least > I'm not weighed down by a lot of expectations of things the compiler is > supposed to do for me as I would be if I'd used C or something like that > :-)). TIA -- My web page: <http://home.earthlink.net/~allenwatson/> My scripts page: <http:homepage.mac.com/allenwatson> Microsoft MVP for Mac Entourage/Word--<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
