On 5/14/04 1:50 PM, "Mark Goodman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I personally know tons of people that > are using Entourage and are comfortable creating their own rules. Heck, my > mother can even do it. When it comes to writing AppleScripts on the other > hand, it's a big step for most people. Do you know how to run a VCR? In OS X 10.3 (Jaguar), the Finder is AppleScript-recordable. This means that the Script Editor can "watch" you peform a task, and automatically create an AppleScript to repeat it on command. Some (not all) applications are recordable. I think BBEdit and Mailsmith are. Does anyone know if Entourage 2004 is? Scripts created from recordable applications sometimes require a bit of human editing, but this feature can drastically reduce the work required to produce really useful scripts. And studying the auto-generated scripts is a great learning aid, for people starting out with AppleScript. There are some great websites (like macscripter.net) with archives of hundreds (if not thousands) of AppleScripts for all sorts of Mac applications. In many cases, the script you want, or something very close to it, has already been written by someone else. You might only need to change a line or two. That's how I have made most of the scripts that I use. -- Julian Vrieslander <[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/>
