Hello, everyone. I just learned about this list (over on the AppleScript List) and joined, so I have some catching up to do :-). Is there an archive of this list that I can search? I didn't see one on the list site. I have a lot of questions that I am sure have already been answered like:
- Why does the pitch of the "new mail" sound change when you move to OS 8+? - Why do some of the icons change in the same circumstances? Eg, some folder icons now appear to be window shades. - Why does the list font and point size for the pull-down folder list change? I run the version 2.0 v3 under OS's 8.6 and 9.2. I saw something over at Fog City about a Mercutio updater. Could that be the problem? In general, I am hesitant to fool with something that works just for cosmetics. I also have a corrupted database that Emailer can't or won't rebuild. Any auditing utilities? >From: Mark James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Request for Rename HTML files script(s) > > >> >>Enjoy! (and request/suggest more), > >One that has bothered me for a long long time, is the filemaker export >script. It exports emailer messages into a Filemaker archive. While I >don't like the Filemaker file layout, at least it is stored. > >But exporting is a pain when there are attachments, and the attachments >are long gone. There is an error message, and you have to click OK or >whatever. (Its been a long time since I used it!) > >If you like doing scripts, how about fixing this one? All you need to do >I think is ignore attachments. Its emailer script name is Message->FMPro. > ;-) > >also, if anyone has worked on the FMPro database to make it more useful, >I would like to hear about it. I am not a coder, so even that FMP >database was beyond my skills. ;-) Well I've got some good news and some bad news ;-) Turns out that I never knew about all the good stuff over at Fog City until I checked the web site for this list. As a result, I wrote my own "Export to FileMaker Script"... and from a quick look at the one over at Fog City, it is much more extensive. For example, I capture both the short and long headers, the folder, the folder path, the emailer ID and the reply ID (so you can cross reference them), the whole recipient list, and the attachment list with path names. My graphics aren't as nice, but it works quite well. Now that I have seen Dan(?)'s format, it should be easy enough to adapt. One eensy-weensy problem however :-). The script runs perfectly when executed stand-alone, but locks up the machine when run from the Claris Script menu. (I have an earlier version that does work from the script menu, but I decided to rewrite everything with handlers and script objects for maintainability and reusability... and to learn something... and for fun. Can you say "too much time on my hands" :-)). For some reason, FileMaker is returning an "Apple Event Timed Out" when the script is run from the script menu... which is what led me to this list (thanks, [EMAIL PROTECTED]). I have written a marketing database system for our small software company which captures information from Emailer and slams it into numerous FileMaker Databases. I have also written many other scripts for my own use (for example the above mentioned archive script) and for company use. It looks like a lot are similar to what are available over at Fog City, so I could have saved the effort had I known about it... but then I guess I wouldn't have learned anything. It looks to me like the latest entry over at Fog City is a couple years ago. Does anyone know if they are still accepting submissions? If there is enough interest, I'd be happy to make my stuff available. One that I have been toying with is "Return Receipt Requested". I have set up a system with my associate whereby the receiving Emailer automatically acknowledges receipt of a message back to the sender. I 'been meaning to write a script to look for these and sound an alarm if one hasn't been returned while deleting the others. Another one I keep "meaning" to write is a "ping" tester. My ISP is occasionally unreliable. The idea is to send myself a message several times a day and log the send and receive times, alarming on exceptions. Anyone have these already written? Steve Cunningham ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
