So here is the lazyman's solution I came up with.
#!/usr/local/bin/macruby
> framework 'ScriptingBridge'
> ACCOUNT = "AccountName"
> DAY = Time.now.day
> MONTH = Time.now.month
> YEAR = Time.now.year
> time_range = ((Time.now - 150)..(Time.now + 300))
> @mail = SBApplication.applicationWithBundleI
With Steve's help I think I have a working solution. Basically I'll run a
macruby script as a cron job which checks my drafts folder every 15 minutes.
time_range = ((Time.now - 150)..(Time.now + 300)
#I am not sure how much lag I can expect from the job. I would assume it
will do its work in only
Re A) I think it should be easy to transfer the content from draft to outgoing
message. Don't both use MailRichText?
B) I think you'll be stuck with that problem. As far as I can see you can't
mutate an existing message into an outgoing message.
Steve
On 23 Oct 2012, at 19:05, Cliff Rosson
Yea putsing methods(true,true).sort is pretty useful. Below is what I have
compiled so far.
framework "ScriptingBridge"
> @mail = SBApplication.applicationWithBundleIdentifier("com.apple.mail")
> @my_account = @mail.accounts.select { |account| account.name ==
> "MyAccount" }.first
> @drafts_fold
You need to use the ScriptingBridge documentation in Xcode - which means that
you need to spend some time understanding Objective C. I don't know it well
but enough to translate examples into Macruby.
I found Matt Aimonetti's book very helpful when I was starting off. It doesn't
say a lot abou
Perfect! How did you figure all of this out. Are there some documents that
explain when it is appropriate to use things like "classForScriptingClass"
etc...?
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Steve Clarke wrote:
> Hi Cliff,
>
> I've got something simple to work in Macruby. I think the problems I
Hi Cliff,
I've got something simple to work in Macruby. I think the problems I had were
because of html content.
Here's an example for plain text:
=
framework 'Foundation'
framework 'ScriptingBridge'
TITLE="title"
def make_message
app=SBApplication.applicationWithBundle
Hi Cliff,
I guess the answer may be that I didn't get it working in Macruby, as I ended
up coding the relevant bit in Objective C! My recollection was that I used
Objective C so that I could write a framework that could be used from the
system ruby rather than just macruby. Maybe I also ended
Steve how did you get it working with the plain text. Below is the code I
think that is relevant in the SBS program.
- (IBAction)sendEmailMessage:(id)sender {
> /* create a Scripting Bridge object for talking to the Mail application */
> MailApplication *mail = [SBApplication applicationWithBundle
Hi,
I got something similar working for a plain text email but there are additional
requirements for HTML emails (which I needed), and I couldn't persuade SB to
accept html content. I should have made that clear in my previous note. If
anyone has an example for HTML email with SB it would be
Hi Cliff,
Did you manage to find the SBSendEmail sample code:
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#samplecode/SBSendEmail/Introduction/Intro.html
The sample they have looks a bit different from what you have. I haven't tried
it out myself, but their documentation seems quite thorough and wa
Just had a closer look at what I did with sending mail and I think my earlier
reply was probably wrong, or at least not helpful. I think the difficulty
arises because there are some things that ScriptingBridge is unable to do. I
could not find a way to create an outgoing message with Scriptin
Hi Cliff,
I struggled with this too. I'm afraid I can't remember all the details, but I
think that one key point is that you need to have an "outgoing message" to
respond to send. You may need to add your draft message to the mail apps
"outgoing messages" before it can be sent. Try something
So playing around a little with this I was able to browse and find messages
via macruby. On the other hand I cannot figure out how to send a drafted
email. Here is what I have so far.
My drafts folder has 1 message in it ready to be sent.
mail = SBApplication.applicationWithBundleIdentifier("com.
Hi Rob,
I think Colin answered this fairly well. Personally, I prefer to use GCD when
available because I find the API simpler and GCD stuff works with or without
run loops.
--
Mark
On 2012-10-20, at 2:40 PM, Robert Carl Rice wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> I use NSTimer a lot in my apps. Wh
>
> As for actually sending emails, if you want to have things go through
> Apple Mail you could use the ScriptingBridge framework which has a few
> tutorials online (but for iTunes):
>
>
> http://arstechnica.com/apple/2011/09/tutorial-os-x-automation-with-macruby-and-the-scripting-bridge/
>
> AXEl
Hi Mark,
I wouldn't actually loop for an hour I was just lazily writing something as
an example in chat. I'll take a look at what you provided and try to post
my updates here. Thanks so much! :)
-Cliff
On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Colin Thomas-Arnold wrote:
> A timer would work fine here I
A timer would work fine here I think, but in my opinion there is a lot of value
in learning GCD - but I also use NSTimers all the time, so whatever floats the
boat.
But the original code Cliff sent doesn't use a Timer, it assigns a time in the
future and checks as often as possible that it is e
Hi Mark,
I use NSTimer a lot in my apps. What is the advantage of using GCD API?
There is an excellent tutorial on the web for specifically for setting up
ScriptingBridge for Apple Mail but I forget where I saw it. On warning; if you
set up ScriptingBridge for Apple Mail don't try to take a sna
Busy looping for an hour would be really bad. I assume you would have a sleep
in there, but then you're still polling.
If you are using MacRuby, looking at the GCD API would be a good idea. You
could do something like this:
def schedule_email q
q.after(3600) do
# Send email
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