On 11/3/05 12:23 am, "Beth Rosengard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 3/10/05 10:38 AM, "Paul Berkowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>> Is there a way to Select All in an Entourage 2004 folder without first
>>> opening a message ... other than by turning off the Preview Pane?
>>
>> Nope. I've requested it often. It's so convenient that you can "Mark All as
>> Read" or press its shortcut without clicking on a message, just a folder,
>> and annoying that you can't select all (or delete all, the main reason I
>> usually have for selecting all in the Junk folder).
>
> Same for me too.
>
>> It can be done by script, of course, and a shortcut to it:
>>
>>
>> tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
>> activate
>> try
>> set selectedFolder to displayed feature of main window
>> if {class of selectedFolder} is not in {folder, news group} then
>> error number -128
>> on error
>> beep
>> return
>> end try
>> set selection to (get every message in selectedFolder)
>> end tell
>
> This is great. Much appreciated
>
> Now can this script be made to run another script, namely Barry's (I think)
> delete messages script which I'm calling Nuke Messages?
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Beth
>
If all you want to do is delete the messages then there is no need to select
them at all:
delete messages of selectedFolder
Will work fine in the context above.
Or, if you want to _really_ delete them:
set theMessages to messages of selectedFolder
delete theMessages
delete theMessages
--
Barry Wainwright
Microsoft MVP (see http://mvp.support.microsoft.com for details)
Seen the All-New Entourage Help Pages? - Check them out:
<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/>
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