To my understanding, isn't possible to manipulate RTF text from within Applescript, so actually stuffing the snazzy link created by that script into the note field of a new action is difficult. I futzed around a bit trying to get the System UI scripting stuff to simulate pasting the link from the clipboard into the Quick Entry box, but decided it wasn't worth the trouble.
However, it's not difficult at all to put the anchor text of the URL on one line and the actual link on the next, so I did that. I also enhanced the script a bit so you can choose by message subject instead of having to know which account might have been used to send it. You can select whether the script stuffs the action directly in the Inbox, or puts it in the Quick Entry box where you can edit before saving. All the parameters are in the first few lines of the script if you want different behavior.
Code:
-- Various bits of the email pulled out for use in creating new action
global _sub
global _msglnk
global _anchorText
property pNoMessageAvailable : "No message available"
property pUseQuickEntry : true (* if true, Quick Entry window used and left open
if false, actions added directly to Inbox *)
property pChooseAccounts : false (* if true, choose by account, otherwise by message *)
property pActionSuffix : " (Awaiting response)" (* string added to subject to create action name *)
on run
tell application "OmniFocus"
if (my GetLastSentMailMessage()) then
my GenerateAction()
end if
end tell
end run
on GenerateAction()
-- tell OmniFocus to make a new action in Quick Entry window or Inbox
-- populate new action with note containing descriptive text followed by URL on next line
set TheNote to _anchorText & "
" & _msglnk
set TheAction to _sub & pActionSuffix
tell application "OmniFocus"
if (pUseQuickEntry) then
tell quick entry
open
set NewTask to make new inbox task with properties {name:TheAction, note:TheNote}
end tell
activate
else
tell front document
set NewTask to make new inbox task with properties {name:TheAction, note:TheNote}
end tell
end if
end tell
end GenerateAction
-- GetLastSentMailMessage
-- based on "Copy last sent message as RTF link" by Disruptive Library Technology Jester
-- http://dltj.org/article/copy-last-sent-message-as-rtf-link/
on GetLastSentMailMessage()
tell application "Mail"
-- Ask the user which account to use
set _accts to get accounts
set _Choices to {}
set _Accounts to {}
repeat with eachAccount in _accts
-- Only offer the enabled accounts for the user to choose
if enabled of eachAccount then
set the end of _Accounts to name of eachAccount as string
if (pChooseAccounts) then
set the end of _Choices to name of eachAccount as string
else
try
set _msg to first message of mailbox "Sent" of account (name of eachAccount as string)
set _sub to _msg's subject
on error
set _sub to pNoMessageAvailable
end try
-- set the end of _Choices to subject of first message of mailbox "Sent" of account eachAccount
set the end of _Choices to _sub
end if
end if
end repeat
if (pChooseAccounts) then
set titleStr to "Select Account"
set promptStr to "Select the account from which to copy a link of the last sent message..."
else
set titleStr to "Select Message"
set promptStr to "Select the last sent message to copy as a link..."
end if
set _selection to (choose from list _Choices with title titleStr with prompt promptStr default items (item 1 of _Choices))
if (_selection is false) then return false -- user pressed Cancel button
if (pChooseAccounts) then
set _selectedAccount to _selection
else
-- need to figure out which account corresponded to message chosen
if first item of _selection is pNoMessageAvailable then
return false
end if
set _selectedAccount to false
repeat with _i from 1 to count of _Choices
if first item of _selection is item _i of _Choices then
set _selectedAccount to item _i of _Accounts
exit repeat
end if
end repeat
end if
if _selectedAccount is false then
return false -- shouldn't be possible, but...
end if
set _selectedAccountName to _selectedAccount as string
try
-- Get the "last" message of the Sent mailbox of the selected account
set _msg to first message of mailbox "Sent" of account _selectedAccountName
on error
return false -- probably didn't have any messages
end try
-- Get various properties of the message
set _date to _msg's date sent
try
set _recipient to name of first recipient of _msg
set _test to _recipient
on error
-- if the Recipient's name property was blank, use the e-mail address instead
set _recipient to address of first recipient of _msg
end try
set _sub to _msg's subject
if _sub starts with "Re:" then
-- Remove the "Re:" prefix from messages
set _sub to text 5 through (length of _sub) of _sub
end if
set _msgid to _msg's message id
-- Create the URL to the message
set _msglnk to "message://%3C" & my urlencode(_msgid) & "%3E"
set _anchorText to "Message sent " & _date & " to " & _recipient & " regarding '" & _sub & "'"
end tell
return true
end GetLastSentMailMessage
on urlencode(theText)
do shell script "/usr/bin/python -c 'import sys, urllib; print urllib.quote(sys.argv[1])' " & quoted form of theText
end urlencode