Any Mail + Applescript experts?
I've been playing with a "bottom posting" script, kindly supplied by John Gruber. I modified it slightly so that it deletes the top line "On 25 Aug 2008, at 9:49, John Doe wrote:" and replaces it with text. However, I can't figure out how to put the sender's name after my new text. Here's the script so far:-
tell application "Mail" to activate
tell application "System Events"
........tell process "Mail"
................tell menu bar 1
......................click menu bar item "Message"'s menu "Message"'s ¬
..............................menu item "Reply"
...............end tell
...............delay 0.5
...............key code 117 -- Forward Delete blank line at top
...............keystroke "k" using control down -- delete "John Doe wrote" line
...............keystroke "Here is some text from " -- (I want sender's name here)
...............key code 125 using command down -- cmd+down arrow - put cursor at bottom
...............key code 36 -- Return
...............end tell
end tell
Does anyone know how to get the original message sender's name and paste it in?
I'd also like to know how to paste in the name, subject line and other parameters.
(This is purely a learning exercise for me.)
I have bought "AppleScript The Definitive Guide (v2)" from O'Reilly and I'm gradually working my way through but it gives very few Apple Mail examples and that's what interests me right now.
Martin
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