Sending URLs from IE (was: Re: Microsoft Entourage Menu for X)

[Julian Vrieslander]

Title: Sending URLs from IE (was: Re: Microsoft Entourage Menu for X)

On 6/8/02 5:57 AM, "greg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On 6/6/02 2:11 AM, Christian M. M. Brady wrote:
>
>>> Any chance will we be getting the useful contextual menu utility for the
>>> above? :)
>>>
>>> greg
>>>
>> I can't remember what all it did, but do you know that you can drag to the
>> dock icon in a number of ways?
>
> Yes I do :) what I loved about it was that you could right-click a link in
> IE and insert the URL in a new message without copying the link first,
> switch to Entourage, create a new draft message then paste.

If you want to email someone a message containing the URL for the current page displayed in IE, there are a couple of shortcuts you can use.

If you have IE's button bar visible, you can click on the Mail icon, and then select "Send Link" in the popup menu that appears.  Assuming Entourage is set as your default email client, IE will activate it, and create a new draft message window with the URL in the body, and subject set to the page title.

I prefer to run IE with the button bar off, so I created an AppleScript to do essentially the same function.  This script has the added advantages of putting the URL inside <> brackets, and including your signature in the message.  I compiled the script as an application, and I have it linked to a key command.  I use the Hot Keys feature of MaxMenus to make such links, but there are many alternatives.

tell application "Internet Explorer"
    set theURL to "<" & item 1 of (GetWindowInfo -1) & ">"
    set theWindowTitle to item 2 of (GetWindowInfo -1)
end tell

tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
    activate
    set theContent to theURL & return & return
    set theSignature to signature "name of your signature goes here"
    set newMsg to make new draft window with properties {content:theContent, subject:theWindowTitle, signature type:other, other signature choice:theSignature}
end tell

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Julian Vrieslander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>