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ShaneLe147
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September 11, 2023
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Create an elm file for new Outlook email

  • September 11, 2023
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I want to export an email template (.elm file) for Microsoft Outlook every time I compose a new email using Apple Script in InDesign script. I use the script as below, but it does not work 😞

var script = [
    'tell application "Microsoft Outlook"',
    "set theMessage to the first message in drafts",
    "tell me to saveMsg(theMessage)",
    "end tell",
    "to saveMsg(theMsg)",
    'set folderPath to ("Users:userName:Downloads:")',
    'if (do shell script "/bin/test -e " & quoted form of (POSIX path of folderPath) & " ; echo $?") is "1" then',
    'do shell script "/bin/mkdir -p " & quoted form of (POSIX path of folderPath)',
    "end if",
    'set timeStamp to do shell script "date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S"',
    'set emailSubject to "Test"',
    'set fileName to emailSubject & "_" & timeStamp',
    'set savePath to folderPath & fileName & ".eml" as string',
    "save theMsg in file (savePath)",
    "end saveMsg",
  ].join("\r");

app.doScript(
          script,
          ScriptLanguage.APPLESCRIPT_LANGUAGE,
          undefined,
          UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT,
          undefined
        )

Does any expert help me? I got stuck in it for around 3 hours :(((
Thank you in advance!

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    Correct answer ShaneLe147

    Hi all,  I solved this issue by not using the function in the Applescript string saveMsg(theMsg) as below. Thank you all for spending your time on my case.

    var script = [
    'tell application "Microsoft Outlook"',
    "set theMessage to the first message in drafts",
'set folderPath to ("Users:userName:Downloads:")',
    'if (do shell script "/bin/test -e " & quoted form of (POSIX path of folderPath) & " ; echo $?") is "1" then',
    'do shell script "/bin/mkdir -p " & quoted form of (POSIX path of folderPath)',
    "end if",
    'set timeStamp to do shell script "date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S"',
    'set emailSubject to "Test"',
    'set fileName to emailSubject & "_" & timeStamp',
    'set savePath to folderPath & fileName & ".eml" as string',
    "save theMsg in file (savePath)",
    "end tell"
  ].join("\r");

     

    1 reply

    BarlaeDC
    Community Expert
    BarlaeDCCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 15, 2023

    Hi,

    In what way does it not work?

     

    Do you have a message in your drafts folder? if not you might want to change the first line to

    set theMessage to make new outgoing message

     

    S
    ShaneLe147AuthorCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    September 19, 2023

    Hi all,  I solved this issue by not using the function in the Applescript string saveMsg(theMsg) as below. Thank you all for spending your time on my case.

    var script = [
    'tell application "Microsoft Outlook"',
    "set theMessage to the first message in drafts",
'set folderPath to ("Users:userName:Downloads:")',
    'if (do shell script "/bin/test -e " & quoted form of (POSIX path of folderPath) & " ; echo $?") is "1" then',
    'do shell script "/bin/mkdir -p " & quoted form of (POSIX path of folderPath)',
    "end if",
    'set timeStamp to do shell script "date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S"',
    'set emailSubject to "Test"',
    'set fileName to emailSubject & "_" & timeStamp',
    'set savePath to folderPath & fileName & ".eml" as string',
    "save theMsg in file (savePath)",
    "end tell"
  ].join("\r");

     

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