macOS Automator Variable in AppleScript

[vloryan]

Hi, how can i use an Automator variable like "email" in an Automator AppleScript window? I would like to use that "email" variable within Automator with "Run in AppleScript".

tell application "Mail"
 
	set theSubject to "Subject" -- the subject
	set theContent to "Content" -- the content
	set theAddress to "xxx@163.com" -- the receiver 
	set theSignatureName to "signature_name"-- the signature name
	set theAttachmentFile to "Macintosh HD:Users:moligaloo:Downloads:attachment.pdf" -- the attachment path
 
	set msg to make new outgoing message with properties {subject: theSubject, content: theContent, visible:true}
 
	tell msg to make new to recipient at end of every to recipient with properties {address:theAddress}
	tell msg to make new attachment with properties {file name:theAttachmentFile as alias}
 
	set message signature of msg to signature theSignatureName
 
	send msg
end tell

Thanks for your help!

 

[superscape]

Try this:

http://***********/?q=using+variable+in+automator

 

[vloryan]

i know how to use variables in Automator, but i do not know how to use those Automator variables within the "Run AppleScript" action?!

 

[superscape]

What have you tried googling? Searching for "automator variable in applescript" yielded useful results for me...

 

[vloryan]

yes, found some results, but no solution ;(

 

[superscape]

Top of the list for me is...

http://macscripter.net/viewtopic.php?id=23297

...which gives a solution.

 

[Red Menace]

Automator is scriptable, so if you are running a workflow (not an application), you can also access its variables with something like:

get value of variable "email" of front workflow

 

[vloryan]

thanks RED MENACE! sorry for asking, but how would this look like in that script?

tell application "Mail"
 
	set theSubject to "Subject" -- the subject
	set theContent to "Content" -- the content
	set theAddress to "xxx@163.com" -- the receiver 
	set theSignatureName to "signature_name"-- the signature name
	set theAttachmentFile to "Macintosh HD:Users:moligaloo:Downloads:attachment.pdf" -- the attachment path
 
	set msg to make new outgoing message with properties {subject: theSubject, content: theContent, visible:true}
 
	tell msg to make new to recipient at end of every to recipient with properties {address:theAddress}
	tell msg to make new attachment with properties {file name:theAttachmentFile as alias}
 
	set message signature of msg to signature theSignatureName
 
	send msg
end tell

thanks!

 

[Red Menace]

You didn't mention where you are wanting to use the variable, but for the message contents, as an example, it would be something like:

tell application "Mail"
	set theSubject to "Subject" -- the subject
	tell application "Automator" to set theContent to value of variable "email" of front workflow -- the content
	set theAddress to "xxx@163.com" -- the receiver 
	
	-- rest of script ...

 

[vloryan]

thanks for your work! the variable (email) is the address of the recipient. Can i simply replace "xxx@163.com" with "theContent"?

 

[vloryan]

Thanks so much Red Menace. Got it. After many hours

tell application "Mail"
	
	set theSubject to "Subject" -- the subject
	set theContent to "Content" -- the content
	tell application "Automator" to set theAddress to value of variable "email" of front workflow -- the content
	
	
	set theSignatureName to "signature_name" -- the signature name
	set theAttachmentFile to "Macintosh HD:Users:moligaloo:Downloads:attachment.pdf" -- the attachment path
	
	set msg to make new outgoing message with properties {subject:theSubject, content:theContent, visible:true}
	
	tell msg to make new to recipient at end of every to recipient with properties {address:theAddress}
	tell msg to make new attachment with properties {file name:theAttachmentFile as alias}
	
	set message signature of msg to signature theSignatureName
	
	send msg
end tell

Thanks for your help!