Comments on: Scripting Bridge http://robnapier.net/blog/scripting-bridge-265 Mac and iPhone, on the brain Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:44:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Rob Napier http://robnapier.net/blog/scripting-bridge-265/comment-page-1#comment-259 Rob Napier Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:10:44 +0000 http://robnapier.net/blog/?p=265#comment-259 <p>I've seen no easy way to create an HTML mail through Applescript. You can write the HTML to a file and read it in, but that's a lot of work. And I've seen folks who pass keyboard events, but that's very fragile.</p> <p>There is a private property called "htmlContent," but I've never been able to read or write it. There's also a "source" property, but it's readonly. The mail headers are not modifiable on outgoing messages.</p> <p>I don't know if anyone has solved this problem in a good way.</p> I’ve seen no easy way to create an HTML mail through Applescript. You can write the HTML to a file and read it in, but that’s a lot of work. And I’ve seen folks who pass keyboard events, but that’s very fragile.

There is a private property called “htmlContent,” but I’ve never been able to read or write it. There’s also a “source” property, but it’s readonly. The mail headers are not modifiable on outgoing messages.

I don’t know if anyone has solved this problem in a good way.

]]> By: Dalton Hamilton http://robnapier.net/blog/scripting-bridge-265/comment-page-1#comment-258 Dalton Hamilton Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:22:37 +0000 http://robnapier.net/blog/?p=265#comment-258 <p>Hi. Excellent article. I've written a ScriptingBridge Cocoa app in Xcode and it works fine for text emails and attachments. However, I want the attachment to show in the body of the email on Outlook email clients. To do this, I need to convert the email to HTML by adding a header of "Content-Type: text/html". Do you know how to do this or know where I can find other classForScriptingClass objects -- specifically for headers? Best Regard Dalton Hamilton Chapel Hill, NC</p> Hi. Excellent article. I’ve written a ScriptingBridge Cocoa app in Xcode and it works fine for text emails and attachments. However, I want the attachment to show in the body of the email on Outlook email clients. To do this, I need to convert the email to HTML by adding a header of “Content-Type: text/html”. Do you know how to do this or know where I can find other classForScriptingClass objects — specifically for headers? Best Regard Dalton Hamilton Chapel Hill, NC

]]> By: John Gallagher http://robnapier.net/blog/scripting-bridge-265/comment-page-1#comment-40 John Gallagher Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:23:29 +0000 http://robnapier.net/blog/?p=265#comment-40 <p>Thanks for this Rob. I tried to get Scripting Bridge working a few months ago and eventually gave up. I mention this because I was trying to convert an Applescript that ran perfectly, but I couldn't get certain properties with Scripting Bridge.</p> <p>It's a long, long time ago and I can't remember the specifics except that I was working with System Events, but it's worth noting that in some edge cases, Scripting Bridge won't allow you to access some areas that AppleScript does.</p> <p>So I eventually resigned myself to using a third party tool called AppScript - http://appscript.sourceforge.net/</p> <p>Hope this is helpful to someone else for who Scripting Bridge isn't suitable.</p> Thanks for this Rob. I tried to get Scripting Bridge working a few months ago and eventually gave up. I mention this because I was trying to convert an Applescript that ran perfectly, but I couldn’t get certain properties with Scripting Bridge.

It’s a long, long time ago and I can’t remember the specifics except that I was working with System Events, but it’s worth noting that in some edge cases, Scripting Bridge won’t allow you to access some areas that AppleScript does.

So I eventually resigned myself to using a third party tool called AppScript – http://appscript.sourceforge.net/

Hope this is helpful to someone else for who Scripting Bridge isn’t suitable.

]]> By: Rob Napier http://robnapier.net/blog/scripting-bridge-265/comment-page-1#comment-31 Rob Napier Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:33:20 +0000 http://robnapier.net/blog/?p=265#comment-31 <p>Scripting Bridge does not exist on iPhone. The Mail.app you are importing here is a completely different application from the iPhone application, so wouldn't be helpful even if Scripting Bridge were available. You may be able to eventually get it compiling on Simulator because Simulator uses the Mac's version of Foundation, but it can't work on iPhone because iPhone doesn't provide an Applescript interface to other applications.</p> <p>The only interface 3rd party apps have to the Mail app on iPhone in 2.2 is the mailto: URL, which is limited, but all we really have.</p> Scripting Bridge does not exist on iPhone. The Mail.app you are importing here is a completely different application from the iPhone application, so wouldn’t be helpful even if Scripting Bridge were available. You may be able to eventually get it compiling on Simulator because Simulator uses the Mac’s version of Foundation, but it can’t work on iPhone because iPhone doesn’t provide an Applescript interface to other applications.

The only interface 3rd party apps have to the Mail app on iPhone in 2.2 is the mailto: URL, which is limited, but all we really have.

]]> By: mark e. barron http://robnapier.net/blog/scripting-bridge-265/comment-page-1#comment-29 mark e. barron Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:05:55 +0000 http://robnapier.net/blog/?p=265#comment-29 <p>I actually included the files named below ScriptingBridge/SBApplication.h main.h</p> <p>The pointy brackets were throwing the script.</p> I actually included the files named below ScriptingBridge/SBApplication.h main.h

The pointy brackets were throwing the script.

]]> By: mark e. barron http://robnapier.net/blog/scripting-bridge-265/comment-page-1#comment-28 mark e. barron Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:04:20 +0000 http://robnapier.net/blog/?p=265#comment-28 <p>typo above: I actually correctly added two imports</p> <h1>import</h1> <h1>import "Mail.h"</h1> typo above: I actually correctly added two imports

import

import “Mail.h”

]]> By: mark e. barron http://robnapier.net/blog/scripting-bridge-265/comment-page-1#comment-27 mark e. barron Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:02:19 +0000 http://robnapier.net/blog/?p=265#comment-27 <p>I need to find someone out there who is interested in the same and who has the understanding to redirect me toward a solution. Am I trying to do the impossible? I believe AppKit.h is not normal for iPhone. I get errors relating to it as you will see below.</p> <p>Following instructions, 1. I added ScriptingBridge.framework to the General Tab of the Target Info Page</p> <ol> <li>I selected the Rules Tab of the Target Info Page and added the custom script sdef "$INPUT_FILE_PATH" | sdp -fh -o "$DERIVED_FILES_DIR" --basename "$INPUT_FILE_BASE" --bundleid <code>defaults read "$INPUT_FILE_PATH/Contents/Info" CFBundleIdentifier</code></li> </ol> <p>followed by : the info for 'with output files'</p> <ol> <li><p>I created a Group(folder) in my Project ,name AssociatedApp and dragged Mail.app there after unselecting the "Copy Items into destination group's folder"</p> <p>Next we are instructed to :</p> <h1>Drag the application into your “Compile Sources” step in your</h1> <p>Target (it should be first, so the .h gets created before it’s needed). Yes, we are “compiling” an application into a header.</p> <ol> <li>Include the new header file in your program.</li> </ol></li> </ol> <h2> end of instructions;</h2> <ol> <li><p>When I drag Mail.app to the Rules Tab of the Target Info Page I see only one place that I get a cut and paste 'green Plus sign paste accepted" icon. This is in the box with the text beginning with "sdef "$Input_FILE", inserting a blank first, I get</p> <p>sdef "$INPUT_FILE_PATH" | sdp -fh -o "$DERIVED_FILES_DIR" --basename "$INPUT_FILE_BASE" --bundleid <code>defaults read "$INPUT_FILE_PATH/Contents/Info" CFBundleIdentifier</code> /Users/appleuser/Cocoa/iHungry7/Mail.app</p></li> </ol> <p>I have an source file from which I will attempt to email with an attachment. at the top of this *.m file I paste, as directed: #import #import "Mail.h"</p> <p>I find the newly created Mail.h file as predicted in DerivedSources below the build folder. I copy it to my project and include it in the project, using 'add existing file'.</p> <p>I then Build as directed and get multiple errors. I am stuck . Many Many thanks for reading. Mark</p> <p>cd /Users/appleuser/Cocoa/iHungry7 setenv PATH "/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/usr/bin:/Developer/usr/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin" /Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/usr/bin/gcc-4.0 -x objective-c -arch i386 -fmessage-length=0 -pipe -Wno-trigraphs -fpascal-strings -fasm-blocks -O0 -Wreturn-type -Wunused-variable -D__IPHONE_OS_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED=20000 -isysroot /Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneSimulator2.2.1.sdk -fvisibility=hidden -mmacosx-version-min=10.5 -gdwarf-2 -I/Users/appleuser/Cocoa/iHungry7/build/iHungry7.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/iHungry.build/iHungry.hmap -F/Users/appleuser/Cocoa/iHungry7/build/Debug-iphonesimulator -I/Users/appleuser/Cocoa/iHungry7/build/Debug-iphonesimulator/include -I/Users/appleuser/Cocoa/iHungry7/build/iHungry7.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/iHungry.build/DerivedSources -include /var/folders/lJ/lJDuzOmaEX4Q1OyHZP8pTE+++TI/-Caches-/com.apple.Xcode.501/SharedPrecompiledHeaders/iHungry_Prefix-besecngakovcoubtihetjjsibyjz/iHungry_Prefix.pch -c /Users/appleuser/Cocoa/iHungry7/RecipeNoteViewController.m -o /Users/appleuser/Cocoa/iHungry7/build/iHungry7.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/iHungry.build/Objects-normal/i386/RecipeNoteViewController.o /Users/appleuser/Cocoa/iHungry7/RecipeNoteViewController.m:16:42: error: ScriptingBridge/SBApplication.h: No such file or directory In file included from /Users/appleuser/Cocoa/iHungry7/RecipeNoteViewController.m:17: /Users/appleuser/Cocoa/iHungry7/Mail.h:5:26: error: AppKit/AppKit.h: No such file or directory /Users/appleuser/Cocoa/iHungry7/Mail.h:6:44: error: ScriptingBridge/ScriptingBridge.h: No such file or directory In file included from /Users/appleuser/Cocoa/iHungry7/RecipeNoteViewController.m:17: /Users/appleuser/Cocoa/iHungry7/Mail.h:134: error: cannot find interface declaration for 'SBObject', superclass of 'MailItem' /Users/appleuser/Cocoa/iHungry7/Mail.h:140: error: syntax error before 'SBObject' /Users/appleuser/Cocoa/iHungry7/Mail.h:141: fatal error: method definition not in @implementation context compilation terminated. {standard input}:32:FATAL:.abort detected. Assembly stopping.</p> I need to find someone out there who is interested in the same and who has the understanding to redirect me toward a solution. Am I trying to do the impossible? I believe AppKit.h is not normal for iPhone. I get errors relating to it as you will see below.

Following instructions, 1. I added ScriptingBridge.framework to the General Tab of the Target Info Page

  1. I selected the Rules Tab of the Target Info Page and added the custom script sdef “$INPUT_FILE_PATH” | sdp -fh -o “$DERIVED_FILES_DIR” –basename “$INPUT_FILE_BASE” –bundleid defaults read "$INPUT_FILE_PATH/Contents/Info" CFBundleIdentifier

followed by : the info for ‘with output files’

  1. I created a Group(folder) in my Project ,name AssociatedApp and dragged Mail.app there after unselecting the “Copy Items into destination group’s folder”

    Next we are instructed to :

    Drag the application into your “Compile Sources” step in your

    Target (it should be first, so the .h gets created before it’s needed). Yes, we are “compiling” an application into a header.

    1. Include the new header file in your program.

end of instructions;

  1. When I drag Mail.app to the Rules Tab of the Target Info Page I see only one place that I get a cut and paste ‘green Plus sign paste accepted” icon. This is in the box with the text beginning with “sdef “$Input_FILE”, inserting a blank first, I get

    sdef “$INPUT_FILE_PATH” | sdp -fh -o “$DERIVED_FILES_DIR” –basename “$INPUT_FILE_BASE” –bundleid defaults read "$INPUT_FILE_PATH/Contents/Info" CFBundleIdentifier /Users/appleuser/Cocoa/iHungry7/Mail.app

I have an source file from which I will attempt to email with an attachment. at the top of this *.m file I paste, as directed: #import #import “Mail.h”

I find the newly created Mail.h file as predicted in DerivedSources below the build folder. I copy it to my project and include it in the project, using ‘add existing file’.

I then Build as directed and get multiple errors. I am stuck . Many Many thanks for reading. Mark

cd /Users/appleuser/Cocoa/iHungry7 setenv PATH “/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/usr/bin:/Developer/usr/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin” /Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/usr/bin/gcc-4.0 -x objective-c -arch i386 -fmessage-length=0 -pipe -Wno-trigraphs -fpascal-strings -fasm-blocks -O0 -Wreturn-type -Wunused-variable -D__IPHONE_OS_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED=20000 -isysroot /Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneSimulator2.2.1.sdk -fvisibility=hidden -mmacosx-version-min=10.5 -gdwarf-2 -I/Users/appleuser/Cocoa/iHungry7/build/iHungry7.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/iHungry.build/iHungry.hmap -F/Users/appleuser/Cocoa/iHungry7/build/Debug-iphonesimulator -I/Users/appleuser/Cocoa/iHungry7/build/Debug-iphonesimulator/include -I/Users/appleuser/Cocoa/iHungry7/build/iHungry7.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/iHungry.build/DerivedSources -include /var/folders/lJ/lJDuzOmaEX4Q1OyHZP8pTE+++TI/-Caches-/com.apple.Xcode.501/SharedPrecompiledHeaders/iHungry_Prefix-besecngakovcoubtihetjjsibyjz/iHungry_Prefix.pch -c /Users/appleuser/Cocoa/iHungry7/RecipeNoteViewController.m -o /Users/appleuser/Cocoa/iHungry7/build/iHungry7.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/iHungry.build/Objects-normal/i386/RecipeNoteViewController.o /Users/appleuser/Cocoa/iHungry7/RecipeNoteViewController.m:16:42: error: ScriptingBridge/SBApplication.h: No such file or directory In file included from /Users/appleuser/Cocoa/iHungry7/RecipeNoteViewController.m:17: /Users/appleuser/Cocoa/iHungry7/Mail.h:5:26: error: AppKit/AppKit.h: No such file or directory /Users/appleuser/Cocoa/iHungry7/Mail.h:6:44: error: ScriptingBridge/ScriptingBridge.h: No such file or directory In file included from /Users/appleuser/Cocoa/iHungry7/RecipeNoteViewController.m:17: /Users/appleuser/Cocoa/iHungry7/Mail.h:134: error: cannot find interface declaration for ‘SBObject’, superclass of ‘MailItem’ /Users/appleuser/Cocoa/iHungry7/Mail.h:140: error: syntax error before ‘SBObject’ /Users/appleuser/Cocoa/iHungry7/Mail.h:141: fatal error: method definition not in @implementation context compilation terminated. {standard input}:32:FATAL:.abort detected. Assembly stopping.

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