Microsoft Outlook

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#1

Are there Scripting Additions or resources for scripting Microsoft Outlook? It looks like the only thing you can do is open a window.
Thanks,
Steven.

#2

: Ouch! ! (Shudder) - 'nuther rim shot
: This link works too and it’s right next door!
: 78 Scripts for Outlook Express
: Rob J
Thanks guys but unfortunately I am using Microsoft Outlook, not Outlook Express and due to some SMTP to POP incompatibility I have to use Outlook 2001. I am stuck with only being able to create a new message, set the body, recipients, attachment, etc. Maybe someday someone (with more brains than I posess) will create a Scripting Addition which allows a bit more usability than Outlook currently possess.
Oh, perhaps this should be a new message but do you guys know the AS command to tell a script to wait until Netscape has fully loaded the page before implementing a MouseClick or TypeText command? I am trying to create a 1-button solution to retrieving e-mail.
Thanks again for the suggestions.
Steven.

#3

: Thanks guys but unfortunately I am using Microsoft Outlook, not Outlook
: Express
Ooops! Sorry 'bout that!
: Oh, perhaps this should be a new message but do you guys know the AS command
: to tell a script to wait until Netscape has fully loaded the page before
: implementing a MouseClick or TypeText command? I am trying to create a
: 1-button solution to retrieving e-mail.
Look in Netscape’s dictionary for a “busy” property for windows. If it’s in
there, this would be the likely solution.
Rob

#4

: Oh, perhaps this should be a new message but do you guys know the AS command
: to tell a script to wait until Netscape has fully loaded the page before
: implementing a MouseClick or TypeText command? I am trying to create a
: 1-button solution to retrieving e-mail.

You mean Netscape Communicator? Try this:

tell application "Netscape Communicator™"
    activate
    set winID to OpenURL "http://www.macscripter.net/"
    -- OpenURL doesn't return an integer on mine, though it should
    repeat while the busy of window -2 is 2 -- so we'll check the front window
        -- twiddle thumbs
    end repeat
    beep 3
end tell

Luck,

–tet