Re: Basic scripting advise

[Allen Watson]

Title: Re: Basic scripting advise

Try this "template" script. Run it from a rule and it will operate on each incoming message. Select messages in a folder and it will run on each selected message. You put in the meat...this is the skeleton.

tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
    
    -- get the currently selected message or messages
    set selectedMessages to current messages
    
    -- if there are no messages selected, warn the user and then quit
    if selectedMessages is {} then
        display dialog "Please select a message first and then run this script." with icon 1
        return
    end if
    
    repeat with theMessage in selectedMessages
        -- Your code goes here. An example:
        -- get the information from the message, and store it in variables
        set theName to subject of theMessage
        set theCategory to category of theMessage -- not used in example
        set theContent to content of theMessage -- not used in example
        if theName contains "Move Me" then
            -- folder and category named must already exist
            set the storage of theMessage to folder "Save"
            set the category of theMessage to {category "Moved"}
        end if
    end repeat
end tell
On or near 9/17/02 3:01 PM, Bob Jordan at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed:

> Dear Entourage:mac Talk,
>
> Having played with Entourage rules and finding a few limitations there I am
> keen to have a try using scripts to do similar tasks.  But having not used
> scripts before, I wonder can anybody point to some preliminary help on this
> topic, and possibly where to look for a basic starter script that can do a
> couple of simple rule checks on incoming mail.  From such a script I would
> like to add in my own rules.
>
> I am familiar with a number of computer languages so expect no problems from
> that point but just thought a leg-up would help.
>
> Cheers and thanks
>

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