Hi William ,
Thanks for your correction.
Im calling my script form within native application (C++ Carbon) and
passing attachment file as parameter. Actual code is appended to the end.
I test my script using Script Editor and it works OK , when I call it form
my application code attached file disappears.
I'm not quite sure I understand Automator thing - could you please
elaborate on it? I haven't used it before.
Many thanks
David
OSStatus LowRunAppleScript(const void* text, long textLength,
AEDesc *resultData) {
ComponentInstance theComponent;
AEDesc scriptTextDesc;
OSStatus err;
OSAID scriptID, resultID;
/* set up locals to a known state */
theComponent = NULL;
AECreateDesc(typeNull, NULL, 0, &scriptTextDesc);
scriptID = kOSANullScript;
resultID = kOSANullScript;
/* open the scripting component */
theComponent = OpenDefaultComponent(kOSAComponentType,
typeAppleScript);
if (theComponent == NULL) { err = paramErr; goto bail; }
/* put the script text into an aedesc */
err = AECreateDesc(typeChar, text, textLength, &scriptTextDesc);
if (err != noErr) goto bail;
/* compile the script */
err = OSACompile(theComponent, &scriptTextDesc,
kOSAModeNull, &scriptID);
if (err != noErr) goto bail;
/* run the script */
err = OSAExecute(theComponent, scriptID, kOSANullScript,
kOSAModeNull, &resultID);
/* collect the results - if any */
if (resultData != NULL) {
AECreateDesc(typeNull, NULL, 0, resultData);
if (err == errOSAScriptError) {
OSAScriptError(theComponent, kOSAErrorMessage,
typeChar, resultData);
} else if (err == noErr && resultID != kOSANullScript) {
OSADisplay(theComponent, resultID, typeChar,
kOSAModeNull, resultData);
}
}
bail:
AEDisposeDesc(&scriptTextDesc);
if (scriptID != kOSANullScript) OSADispose(theComponent,
scriptID);
if (resultID != kOSANullScript) OSADispose(theComponent,
resultID);
if (theComponent != NULL) CloseComponent(theComponent);
return err;
}
On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 6:38 AM, Smith William <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 6/30/10 4:49 AM, "David Shulman" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Hi I have simple applescript
> >
> >activate application "Microsoft Entourage"
> >set filepath to "Macintosh HD:Users:test:del2pdf"
> >tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
> >set newMessage to make new draft window
> >make new attachment at newMessage with properties {file:filepath}
> >end tell
>
> I think Diane's suggestion to use Automator is best for something like
> this. Just thought I'd point out some things in your script. The shorter a
> script can be, the better and the easier to troubleshoot.
>
> First, you're calling Entourage twice, once to "activate" it or bring it
> forward and again to create a new message. You really only need to do this
> with one "tell" statement.
>
> tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
> activate
> set newMessage to make new draft window
> make new attachment at newMessage with properties {file:filepath}
> end tell
>
> The "set" statement can be either within or outside of the "tell"
> statement.
>
> I'm not quite sure how you're calling the the script. Are you using VBA or
> a shell script to open the Script Editor each time, enter the script and
> run it? If you don't want to use Automator then you may want to save the
> AppleScript as an application itself and call that. If you're creating a
> shell script then you may want to consider using the "osascript" command
> for running your AppleScript syntax.
>
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>
> William Smith
>
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