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willchernoff 08-08-2003 05:43 PM
My rule is something along the lines of if subject contains "print" then print.

and lpr seems to be active (as in working) through the console.

My code is as follows:

Code:

on perform_mail_action(info)
        tell application "Mail"
                set selectedMessages to |SelectedMessages| of info
                repeat with eachMessage in selectedMessages
                        set theEmail to (headers of eachMessage as text) & return & return ¬
                                & (content of eachMessage as text)
                        set theTextFile to open for access ":MailText" with write permission
                        set theTempFile to (":MailText" as alias)
                        write theEmail to theTextFile
                        close access theTextFile
                        do shell script "lpr /MailText"
                        tell application "Finder"
                                delete theTempFile
                        end tell
                end repeat
        end tell
end perform_mail_action

rusto 08-08-2003 06:03 PM
further empirical testing:

comment out the lines

Code:
tell application "Finder"
      delete theTempFile
end tell
to see if the MailText file is even being created.

willchernoff 08-15-2003 01:14 AM
I'll try that this weekend... thanks and I'll keep you posted :o)

hayne 08-15-2003 01:41 AM
use full paths in 'do shell script'
 
Read this Apple article about 'do shell script':
http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2002/tn2065.html

One of the most important things it tells you is that you should use full paths for any executables or files referred to in the script.

Thus you should use /usr/bin/lpr instead of just lpr.

The section "Dealing with Files" might also be useful - the 'POSIX path' and 'POSIX file' constructions are useful when going back & forth between AppleScript and UNIX shell scripts.

rusto 08-15-2003 07:33 AM
Good stuff to keep in mind when debugging, Hayne. Thanks!

willchernoff 08-22-2003 01:21 PM
Still no Luck
 
Hmm... I posted the code exactly as stated under "success," but it still will not work. I also tried using full path names to lpr and I tried using my full printer name.

I also tried to comment out the lines that delete the temp file. When I ran the script again I couldn't find the temp file.

Possible reasons why this is not working:

1. I am using my airport base as a print station.
2. I am not using the default account that came on this ibook. I created a new one and then delete that one. I gave this account "addminister" privileges, so I assume my current account to be no different to the original account.


Thank again,
Will

willchernoff 08-25-2003 12:58 PM
ping
 
ping

darndog 06-25-2004 04:28 PM
Wonderfull, just what I needed, needed some tweaking on my machine as I didn't get headers, I've reduced this info down to the sender, time, subject & content.
Code:
using terms from application "Mail"
        on perform_mail_action(info)
                tell application "Mail"
                        set selectedMessages to |SelectedMessages| of info
                        repeat with eachMessage in selectedMessages
                                set theSender1 to the sender of eachMessage
                                set theSender to "From: " & theSender1
                               
                                set theDate to the date received of eachMessage
                                set dateReceived to "Received: " & theDate
                               
                                set theSubject1 to subject of eachMessage
                                set theSubject to "Subject: " & theSubject1
                               
                                set theContents to the content of eachMessage
                               
                                set theEmail to theSender & return & dateReceived & return & theSubject & return & return & theContents
                               
                                set theTextFile to open for access ":MailText" with write permission
                                set theTempFile to (":MailText" as alias)
                                write theEmail to theTextFile
                                close access theTextFile
                                do shell script "lpr /MailText"
                                tell application "Finder"
                                        delete theTempFile
                                end tell
                               
                        end repeat
                end tell
        end perform_mail_action
end using terms from

rusto 06-25-2004 07:48 PM
Thanks for the update, I love to see a great old thread revived!

SystemLord 01-23-2005 07:29 AM
Thanks a buch for the scripts folks, bun none of the scripts work, the first one prints but only "?" is printed. The other one "the above" doest even print.

Anymore great ideas would be apprecited. :confused:

darndog 01-23-2005 01:55 PM
I don't actually use it myself, one of my clients wanted it, it did work correctly when posted, I'll check it out to see what's going wrong.

darndog 01-23-2005 02:19 PM
Still works for me, I would test lpr from your terminal to make sure that command operates, write a text file using textedit, (covert to plain text Format>Make plain text), save it in your home folder as test.txt, then type: lpr test.txt
in the terminal and hit return.
If that does not function try:
/usr/bin/lpr test.txt

Make sure your default printer is set to an available printer before running any of these commands.

jamjon 02-04-2005 11:47 AM
Gpg
 
I'm having an issue with the print script and GPG. I've got GPG working in Mail, but when I use a auto print script I get the unencrypted source. Does anyone have script to decrypt and print?


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