On Wednesday, 8 February 2006, Justin Beek, [EMAIL PROTECTED],
thoughtfully composed the following:
>Is there a better way to get the names of attachments so that they are
>returned more "readable" form. (I'd prefer that they be comma-separated)
>See an example script below and the difference between what is
>collected and what is reported in the Event Log.
>
>Background: In our current workflow, all incoming mail gets the
>attachments saved to a specific folder on the server and then the
>message if forwarded, sans files, to another user. Having all the
>attachment names running together is quite hard to read.
>
>Thanks,
>Justin
>
>
>Example Script:
>try
> tell application "PowerMail 5.2.3"
> activate
> set theMessages to the current messages
> repeat with theMsg in theMessages
> set origAttach to name of attachments of theMsg as list
> display dialog "These files are attached: " &
> origAttach & return
> end repeat
> end tell
>end try
>
Your problem is that origAttach is a list. Applescript is coercing that
list to a string, with the standard delimiters, that is "". Try this:
set origAttach to name of attachments of theMsg as list
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ", "
set origAttach to origAttach as string
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {""}
display dialog "These files are attached: " & origAttach & return
HTH,
Marcus
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Marcus Jarrett, Adelaide, South Australia.
When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands
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