The Omni Group
These forums are now read-only. Please visit our new forums to participate in discussion. A new account will be required to post in the new forums. For more info on the switch, see this post. Thank you!

Go Back   The Omni Group Forums > OmniFocus > OmniFocus Extras
FAQ Members List Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

 
AppleScript that adds Waiting For emails from Mail.app (delegated tasks) to OmniFocus Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
Thanks for the response. I have the chunk of code that pdoak has stripped out and it still doesn't work (no Projects :-() My entire script is:

Code:
(*
	Waiting For Mails to OmniFocus Script
	by simplicityisbliss.com, Sven Fechner
	MailTags project and due date compatibility added by Scott Morrison, Indev Software
	
	Based on an Outbox Rule (Mail Act-On) in Mail.app this script adds specific messages
	to the OmniFocus Inbox with the waiting for context
	
	MailTags is required to automatically set the project and the due date.

	Mail Act-On (www.indev.ca) is required to define the Outbox Rule to only
	create tasks for those outgoing emails that are to be tracked in OmniFocus
	
	A sample Outbox rule may be
	if MailTags Tickle Date is After 0 days today  
	Run Apple Script: [ThisAppleScript]
	
				
	The script uses Growl from the App Store for feedback notification if it is installed and running
	
*)


--!! EDIT THE PROPERTIES BELOW TO MEET YOUR NEEDS !!--

-- Do you want the actualy mail body to be added to the notes section of the OmniFocus task?
-- Set to 'true' is or 'false' if no
property mailBody : true

-- Text between mail recipient (the person you are waiting for to come back) and the email subject
property MidFix : "to follow up re:"

-- Name of your Waiting For context in OmniFocus
property myWFContext : "Mail Follow Up"

-- Default due time
property timeDue : "11:59:00 PM"

-- !! STOP EDITING HERE IF NOT FAMILAR WITH APPLESCRIPT !! --

--Configuration for Growl messages 
property GrowlRun : true
property scriptName : "Waiting For Mails to OmniFocus"
property notifySuccess : "Success Notification"
property notifyFail : "Failed Notification"
property titleSuccess : "Waiting For Mail added"
property titleFail : "Waiting For Mail to OmniFocus FAILED"
property txtSuccess : " added to OmniFocus successfully"
property txtFail : " to OmniFocus to add successfully"
property txtIcon : "OmniFocus"

on perform_mail_action(theData)
	--Check if Growl is running
	tell application "System Events" to set GrowlRun to (count of (every process whose name is "Growl")) > 0
	
	--Setup Growl
	if GrowlRun then tell application id "com.Growl.GrowlHelperApp" to register as application scriptName all notifications {notifySuccess, notifyFail} default notifications {notifySuccess, notifyFail} icon of application txtIcon
	
	--Get going
	tell application "Mail"
		set theMessages to |SelectedMessages| of theData --Extract the messages from the rule
		repeat with theMessage in theMessages
			set theSubject to subject of theMessage
			set theRecipient to name of to recipient of theMessage
			set theMessageID to urlencode(the message id of theMessage) of me
			set theDueDate to ""
			
			
			try
				using terms from application "MailTagsScriptingSupport"
					set theDueDate to (due date of theMessage) as date
					set theDueDate to my setDueDate(theDueDate)
					set myProject to project of theMessage
				end using terms from
			on error theError
				
			end try
			
			-- Check if there is one or more recipients
			try
				if (count of theRecipient) > 1 then
					set theRecipientName to (item 1 of theRecipient & (ASCII character 202) & "and" & (ASCII character 202) & ((count of theRecipient) - 1) as string) & (ASCII character 202) & "more"
				else
					set theRecipientName to item 1 of theRecipient
				end if
				
				set theTaskTitle to theRecipientName & (ASCII character 202) & MidFix & (ASCII character 202) & theSubject
				set messageURL to "Created from message://%3C" & (theMessageID) & "%3E"
				set theBody to messageURL
				if mailBody then set theBody to theBody & return & return & the content of theMessage
				
				-- Add waiting for context task to OmniFocus
				tell application "OmniFocus"
					tell default document
						set theContext to context myWFContext
						
						if theDueDate is not "" then
							set theTask to make new inbox task with properties {name:theTaskTitle, note:theBody, context:theContext, due date:theDueDate}
						else
							set theTask to make new inbox task with properties {name:theTaskTitle, note:theBody, context:theContext}
							
						end if
						if myProject is not null then
							set theProject to project myProject
							move theTask to end of tasks of theProject
							
						end if
					end tell
				end tell
				
			on error theError
				do shell script "logger -t outboxrule 'Error : " & theError & "' "
			end try
			
			my GrowlSuccess("Mail: " & theSubject)
		end repeat
	end tell
	
end perform_mail_action

on GrowlSuccess(theMessage)
	if GrowlRun then tell application "Growl" to notify with name notifySuccess title titleSuccess description theMessage & txtSuccess application name scriptName
end GrowlSuccess

on urlencode(theText)
	set theTextEnc to ""
	repeat with eachChar in characters of theText
		set useChar to eachChar
		set eachCharNum to ASCII number of eachChar
		if eachCharNum = 32 then
			set useChar to "+"
		else if (eachCharNum ≠ 42) and (eachCharNum ≠ 95) and (eachCharNum < 45 or eachCharNum > 46) and (eachCharNum < 48 or eachCharNum > 57) and (eachCharNum < 65 or eachCharNum > 90) and (eachCharNum < 97 or eachCharNum > 122) then
			set firstDig to round (eachCharNum / 16) rounding down
			set secondDig to eachCharNum mod 16
			if firstDig > 9 then
				set aNum to firstDig + 55
				set firstDig to ASCII character aNum
			end if
			if secondDig > 9 then
				set aNum to secondDig + 55
				set secondDig to ASCII character aNum
			end if
			set numHex to ("%" & (firstDig as string) & (secondDig as string)) as string
			set useChar to numHex
		end if
		set theTextEnc to theTextEnc & useChar as string
	end repeat
	return theTextEnc
end urlencode

on setDueDate(theDueDate)
	set theDate to (date string of theDueDate)
	set newDate to the (date (theDate & " " & timeDue))
	return newDate
end setDueDate
 
Hi,
i have problems to get this script working at all. The first problem is have is to save the script. I get a error message in the "Setup Growl" part that the end of the line is expected ??

Even when i use one of the first version of the script (i can save these versions) i am not able to get mail in my inbox...

Any ideas ?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jeremyp View Post
Thanks for the response. I have the chunk of code that pdoak has stripped out and it still doesn't work (no Projects :-() My entire script is:

Code:
(*
	Waiting For Mails to OmniFocus Script
	by simplicityisbliss.com, Sven Fechner
	MailTags project and due date compatibility added by Scott Morrison, Indev Software
	
	Based on an Outbox Rule (Mail Act-On) in Mail.app this script adds specific messages
	to the OmniFocus Inbox with the waiting for context
	
	MailTags is required to automatically set the project and the due date.

	Mail Act-On (www.indev.ca) is required to define the Outbox Rule to only
	create tasks for those outgoing emails that are to be tracked in OmniFocus
	
	A sample Outbox rule may be
	if MailTags Tickle Date is After 0 days today  
	Run Apple Script: [ThisAppleScript]
	
				
	The script uses Growl from the App Store for feedback notification if it is installed and running
	
*)


--!! EDIT THE PROPERTIES BELOW TO MEET YOUR NEEDS !!--

-- Do you want the actualy mail body to be added to the notes section of the OmniFocus task?
-- Set to 'true' is or 'false' if no
property mailBody : true

-- Text between mail recipient (the person you are waiting for to come back) and the email subject
property MidFix : "to follow up re:"

-- Name of your Waiting For context in OmniFocus
property myWFContext : "Mail Follow Up"

-- Default due time
property timeDue : "11:59:00 PM"

-- !! STOP EDITING HERE IF NOT FAMILAR WITH APPLESCRIPT !! --

--Configuration for Growl messages 
property GrowlRun : true
property scriptName : "Waiting For Mails to OmniFocus"
property notifySuccess : "Success Notification"
property notifyFail : "Failed Notification"
property titleSuccess : "Waiting For Mail added"
property titleFail : "Waiting For Mail to OmniFocus FAILED"
property txtSuccess : " added to OmniFocus successfully"
property txtFail : " to OmniFocus to add successfully"
property txtIcon : "OmniFocus"

on perform_mail_action(theData)
	--Check if Growl is running
	tell application "System Events" to set GrowlRun to (count of (every process whose name is "Growl")) > 0
	
	--Setup Growl
	if GrowlRun then tell application id "com.Growl.GrowlHelperApp" to register as application scriptName all notifications {notifySuccess, notifyFail} default notifications {notifySuccess, notifyFail} icon of application txtIcon
	
	--Get going
	tell application "Mail"
		set theMessages to |SelectedMessages| of theData --Extract the messages from the rule
		repeat with theMessage in theMessages
			set theSubject to subject of theMessage
			set theRecipient to name of to recipient of theMessage
			set theMessageID to urlencode(the message id of theMessage) of me
			set theDueDate to ""
			
			
			try
				using terms from application "MailTagsScriptingSupport"
					set theDueDate to (due date of theMessage) as date
					set theDueDate to my setDueDate(theDueDate)
					set myProject to project of theMessage
				end using terms from
			on error theError
				
			end try
			
			-- Check if there is one or more recipients
			try
				if (count of theRecipient) > 1 then
					set theRecipientName to (item 1 of theRecipient & (ASCII character 202) & "and" & (ASCII character 202) & ((count of theRecipient) - 1) as string) & (ASCII character 202) & "more"
				else
					set theRecipientName to item 1 of theRecipient
				end if
				
				set theTaskTitle to theRecipientName & (ASCII character 202) & MidFix & (ASCII character 202) & theSubject
				set messageURL to "Created from message://%3C" & (theMessageID) & "%3E"
				set theBody to messageURL
				if mailBody then set theBody to theBody & return & return & the content of theMessage
				
				-- Add waiting for context task to OmniFocus
				tell application "OmniFocus"
					tell default document
						set theContext to context myWFContext
						
						if theDueDate is not "" then
							set theTask to make new inbox task with properties {name:theTaskTitle, note:theBody, context:theContext, due date:theDueDate}
						else
							set theTask to make new inbox task with properties {name:theTaskTitle, note:theBody, context:theContext}
							
						end if
						if myProject is not null then
							set theProject to project myProject
							move theTask to end of tasks of theProject
							
						end if
					end tell
				end tell
				
			on error theError
				do shell script "logger -t outboxrule 'Error : " & theError & "' "
			end try
			
			my GrowlSuccess("Mail: " & theSubject)
		end repeat
	end tell
	
end perform_mail_action

on GrowlSuccess(theMessage)
	if GrowlRun then tell application "Growl" to notify with name notifySuccess title titleSuccess description theMessage & txtSuccess application name scriptName
end GrowlSuccess

on urlencode(theText)
	set theTextEnc to ""
	repeat with eachChar in characters of theText
		set useChar to eachChar
		set eachCharNum to ASCII number of eachChar
		if eachCharNum = 32 then
			set useChar to "+"
		else if (eachCharNum ≠ 42) and (eachCharNum ≠ 95) and (eachCharNum < 45 or eachCharNum > 46) and (eachCharNum < 48 or eachCharNum > 57) and (eachCharNum < 65 or eachCharNum > 90) and (eachCharNum < 97 or eachCharNum > 122) then
			set firstDig to round (eachCharNum / 16) rounding down
			set secondDig to eachCharNum mod 16
			if firstDig > 9 then
				set aNum to firstDig + 55
				set firstDig to ASCII character aNum
			end if
			if secondDig > 9 then
				set aNum to secondDig + 55
				set secondDig to ASCII character aNum
			end if
			set numHex to ("%" & (firstDig as string) & (secondDig as string)) as string
			set useChar to numHex
		end if
		set theTextEnc to theTextEnc & useChar as string
	end repeat
	return theTextEnc
end urlencode

on setDueDate(theDueDate)
	set theDate to (date string of theDueDate)
	set newDate to the (date (theDate & " " & timeDue))
	return newDate
end setDueDate
When trying to get the project from mailbags use:

Code:
set myproject to project of item 1 of theSelection
See if that solves your problem.
 
I got exactly the same problem: The scripts adds the task to omnifocus including start date and waiting for-context, but the project will not be included whatsoever.

pdoak's tip to change to
Code:
set myproject to project of item 1 of theSelection
unfortunately did not work for me.

Update: Ok, now after having read all posts in this thread, I realize it is a known problem with nested projects, i.e. the assignment of a project via MailTags only works at the very first level of OF (projects directly under "library").

As I use folders to distinguish between different areas of responsibility, I would greatly appreciate if anybody find a way to make this script work with nested projects.

Last edited by Eike; 2012-06-27 at 01:28 AM..
 
I've been happily using this script for years. I upgraded to Mountain Lion and have subsequently disabled Growl to see if I like Notification Center. I'm using a program named Hiss to send my Growl notifications to Notification Center currently. Does anybody see a way to bypass the entire Growl/Hiss interface and directly link this script to Notification Center?

Thanks...Brett
 
Hello,
I have been using this script for a long time, but after ML upgrade is not working any more- task is not added to inbox in OF.

I copied the script in the new com.apple.mail folder but no luck.

Can somebody help or tell me if it is working for you i ML?
====

Update:
I spent all day trying to get this working.
I ended up with a clean reinstall of Mountain Lion - but still no luck. The script is not working at all- no task gets into omnifocus.

I do not know if the script stops because of Mail, Growl, Omnifocus or Mailtags...

Any help is greatly appreciated

Last edited by mushudog; 2012-07-30 at 12:08 PM..
 
same problem here, please help!
 
Hello, I'm trying out MailTags for the first time and am trying to get the script to work, but if it really doesn't work with Mountain Lion I'm going to save some time! Is this really broken on ML?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by larrykkchan View Post
same problem here, please help!
Exact same problem here - I cannot even get the script to throw any events to see what is going on.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SpinalTap View Post
Exact same problem here - I cannot even get the script to throw any events to see what is going on.
I did a little more investigation and it appears that the script does not invoke the on_perform_mail_action when executed against a message. Not sure why, but this is the reason it does not execute the bulk of the script. I have tested by removing all the extra stuff and doing some simple display dialog boxes. Still no luck. The "Middle" dialog box never gets executed.

display dialog "Beginning" buttons "OK" default button "OK"

using terms from application "Mail"
on perform mail action with messages this_message for rule this_rule
display dialog "Middle" buttons "OK" default button "OK"
end perform mail action with messages
end using terms from

display dialog "End" buttons "OK" default button "OK"
 
 


Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
How to deal with delegated or "waiting for" actions bisimpson Applying OmniFocus 20 2013-02-27 06:52 AM
Delegated tasks? mattw OmniFocus 1 for Mac 35 2011-10-07 02:10 PM
Sync with Omnifocus on Mac adds completed tasks.. ohla313 OmniFocus for iPhone 7 2011-06-13 08:50 AM
Script to add delegated tasks from entourage to "Waiting" context in OmniFocus tarun101 OmniFocus Extras 1 2010-05-21 08:09 AM
Adding Tasks Via Send To OmniFocus Mail Rule, Mailtags, & Mail Act-On reuben OmniFocus 1 for Mac 0 2007-11-18 06:07 PM


All times are GMT -8. The time now is 01:13 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.