Re: nested folder path syntax for apple script

[PowerMail Engineering]

m. osti wrote:

>got me an error (container underlined) in english should be "waiting for
>an end of line etc got an ID" (identificativo in italian)
>
>just to have more chances next time the right path should be: message
>container "italy" of message container "europe" of message container
"world"??

Well, you can't specify a "folder path" as a single string, you should
refer to the folder from its parent folder. For example:

property subj : "just try"
property msgTxt : "ta da da"
property rTo : "name <it...@me.com>"
property acct : "kk"
property parentFolder : "parent folder name"
property childFolder : "child folder name"

tell application "PowerMail"
    set the newM to make new message with properties
        {subject:subj, content:msgTxt, recipient:rTo, account:acct}
        at message container childFolder of message container parentFolder
    open the newM
end tell

If you need to describe the folder path as a string, and the depth of
the hierarchy is variable, you have to parse the string yourself:

property subj : "just try"
property msgTxt : "ta da da"
property rTo : "name <it...@me.com>"
property acct : "kk"
property folderPath : "parent folder name\\child folder name"

tell application "PowerMail"
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {"\\"}
    set folderNames to text items of folderPath
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {""}
    set target to application "PowerMail"
    repeat with folderName in folderNames
        set target to message container folderName of target
    end repeat
    set the newM to make new message with properties
        {subject:subj, content:msgTxt, recipient:rTo, account:acct}
        at target
    open the newM
end tell


PS: the final version of 6.0.5 is available


Jérôme - CTM Engineering


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