I have been trying to write an Applescript to help me saving attachments, but realized quickly that I do not have the knowledge to do such a difficult script. Here is some background.
We receive daily sales reports, and flight manifests. The format in the subject should be: dd.mm.yyyy/"two letter airline code".DSR.Weight
.
I.e. 30.01.2013/VS.DSR.1110KG
In the case of the manifest, in the same format, substitute DSR
with MNFST
.
I.e. 30.01.2013/VS.MNFST.1110KG
.
There are however countless variations to the subject, and we are all human, and sometimes ,
is used, or more /
etc. Our staff are great and work extremely hard, and the last thing they need me to do is be on their case about subject formats.
Therefore I was trying to get an Applescript to look at the two things that are always in the subject. The airlines two letter code, and the word DSR
or MNFST/MFST/Manifest
We have the following two letter codes, sometimes in lower, or uppercase or a mix.
CV
VS
SAA
TK
DHV
LH
Now the DSR
can be in the subject in a number of ways, its not always seperated, ie. 30.01.2013/VSDSR1110KG
Same applies for MNFST/MFST/Manifest
.
Ideally, I need a script to work in two parts:
DSR:
- Check the subject for the flight code and
DSR
- Save the .xls attachment to /DSR/Airline two letter code
- If File is more recent (A correction might be sent later that day/early the next morning.), add
1
, if another2
etc.
I.e. 30.01.2013/VS.DSR.1110KG.xls
: Macintosh HD/Users/(My username)/Dropbox/DSR/VS
I.e. 30.01.2013/CV.DSR.1110KG.xls
: Macintosh HD/Users/(My username)/Dropbox/DSR/CV
Manifest (Sometimes a .xls/.pdf/.zip file. It varies.)
- Check the subject for the flight code and (Manifest or MNFST or MFST)
- Save the .xls/.pdf/.zip attachment to Manifests/Airline two letter airline code
- If the file is more recent (I.e. a file conflict with the same name. A correction might be sent later that day/early the next morning.), add
1
, if another2
etc.
I.e. For VS
: Macintosh HD/Users/(My username)/Dropbox/Manifests/VS
From the 3 hours I spent attempting this and getting nowhere fast, I thought someone might find this an interesting challenge, and it would be greatly appreciated!
Meanwhile, I am going to be reading up on Applescript in my free time, very powerful tool and time saver!
Best Answer
First create a rule that looks for ANY of the Manifest in all of the variations or DSR
Like So:
Then save this script (assuming you are using 10.8 Mountain Lion. ) In the folder ~/Library/Application Scripts/com.apple.mail/
And point the Run Applescript at it.
If you are using an earlier Mac OS. Then you should be able to place the script where ever you want.
Thats it.
My tests all have worked. But it is late here and I should be in bed. So let me know if any issues and I will try and sort. :-)
The one thing to note is I have added a time stamp instead of a number for same named files. It is more reliable.