adding link in applescript mail message

Hi,
I thought this link might help you,
http://bbs.macscripter.net/viewtopic.php?pid=102424

If you run the following (taken from the above link) in script editor, it creates a clipboard text (with a link), however I couldn't figure out how to paste the clipboard item in the mail message using applescript,

set theLink to "http://www.hamsoftengineering.com"
set linkText to "click here"

set cmd to "\"{\\rtf1\\ansi\\ansicpg1252\\cocoartf949\\cocoasubrtf270{\\fonttbl\\f0\\fswis s\\fcharset0 Helvetica;}{\\colortbl;\\red255\\green255\\blue255;}\\margl1440\\margr1440\\vie ww9000\\viewh8400\\viewkind0\\pard\\tx720\\tx1440\\tx2160\\tx2880\\tx3600\\tx432 0\\tx5040\\tx5760\\tx6480\\tx7200\\tx7920\\tx8640\\ql\\qnatural\\pardirnatural{\ \field{\\*\\fldinst{HYPERLINK \"" & theLink & "\"}}{\\fldrslt\\f0\\fs24 \\cf0 \"" & linkText & "\"}}}\""

do shell script "/bin/bash -c 'echo " & cmd & " | pbcopy -Prefer rtf'"

I wish there was an easier way.
Good luck.

Hello Reggie, look at the source of emails you have received with links in them.
I guess you use the html code like this: 'a href=3D"http://www.apple.com"' and 'mailto:xxx@xxx.com?subject=YOURSUBJECT'

Message was edited by: Colin @ mac.com

I don't know if using Stationery is scriptable (I haven't found anything specific yet), but after creating your template and adding link(s) using the above referenced script, just Save as Stationary… and it will be available from the Show Stationery picker.

I just tested my idea and it works... It's show as mailto but it works.
how to get it in applescript without shown mailto I don't know.

I took the standard apple script Create New Message.scpt and put my code in the body. Then I received the email and I can click on the link - it's works.

I can not use the code because it's html and the forum interpreted it has code.
but when you use < mailto:xxx@xxx.com > That's the same when making websites...

So use in place of the ' ' ('mailto:xxx@xxx.com?subject=YOURSUBJECT')

How to embed the code in previous emails that I don't know.

The problem is that although you can put an RTF link on the clipboard, an application needs to know what it is in order to use it as a link. You can paste the link into various applications, but unfortunately AppleScript isn't one that understands it, so you can't just put the link text into one of the properties of your message. GUI scripting the New Message window can be a pain, as is most GUI scripting, so maybe using signatures will do the trick.

Once you get the link text onto the clipboard (using this script from Ahsan's post above, for example), go into Mail's preferences, create a signature, and paste the link into it. Then, just modify your own script to include it, for example:

<pre style="
font-family: Monaco, 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;
font-size: 10px;
margin: 0px;
padding: 5px;
border: 1px solid #000000;
width: 720px;
color: #000000;
background-color: #FFDDFF;
overflow: auto;"
title="this text can be pasted into the Script Editor">
tell application "Mail"
set theSubject to "some subject"
set theContent to return & "test" & return & "testing" & return
set theSignature to signature "Signature #1"

tell (make new outgoing message)
set visible to true
set subject to theSubject
set content to theContent
set message signature to theSignature
end tell
activate
end tell
</pre>

I used a default signature name "Signature #1" in the above example - change it to one of your signatures (obviously). There is also an example Mail script in /Library/Scripts/Mail Scripts/Create New Message.scpt you can use to get the various properties into your outgoing message.