Applescript to send email template

There are a few details missing in your description, but the general principle here isn't too hard.

First, though, you need to clarify:

I want the subject line to be plural or singular text

and

Finally the subject line simply needs to populate the selections from the drop down list

For one, what 'drop down list' are you talking about? and where does the 'plural' come into play?

As written, assuming the user selected options "A", "B", and "C" the latter statement implies the subject would be "A B C", so I don't understand the plural vs. singular requirement.

That said, the following should get you started:

set address_list to {¬

{label:"A", n:"A Person", addr:"a@a.com"}, ¬

{label:"B", n:"B Person", addr:"b@b.com"}, ¬

{label:"C", n:"C Person", addr:"c@c.com"}, ¬

{label:"D", n:"D Person", addr:"d@d.com"} ¬

}

-- I'm too lazy to finish this above list, but hopefully you get the idea:

-- the 'label' should match whatever is in the list you present the user

-- this is used to match the user selection,

-- then the n(ame) and addr(ess) fields are used to populate the recipients list

set sel to choose from list {"A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G", "H", "I", "J", "K", "L"} ¬

with title ¬

"Offline Cancellation" with prompt ¬

"Choose one or more queues" OK button name ¬

"Apply" cancel button name ¬

"Quit" default items {""} with multiple selections allowed

tell application "Mail"

set new_msg to makenewoutgoing message

-- build the recipients list:

repeat with each_item in address_list

if label of each_item is in sel then

tell new_msg

makenewbcc recipientat end of bcc recipientswith properties {name:each_item'sn, address:each_item'saddr}

end tell

end if

end repeat

-- set the subject (note, it is unclear what the final subject should look like, but the code supports both single and multiple recipients):

if (count sel) > 1 then

-- we have a plural subject

set {oldTID, my text item delimiters} to {my text item delimiters, ", "}

set subj to sel as rich text

set my text item delimiters to oldTID

else

-- we have a singular

set subj to sel as rich text

end if

tell new_msg to set subject to subj

-- set the message body:

set content of new_msg to "Mary had a little lamb, its fleece as white as snow."

activate

end tell

Subject line: What I meant was I was this line to be static for instance if only one option is selected from the list I want the subject line to read "Offline Cancellation | Queue" if muliple selections are made I want the subject line to read "Offline Cancellation | Multiple Queues"

That's already catered for in the code - the part where I set the subject has cases for single or multiple selections, so just amend that to suit:

-- set the subject (note, it is unclear what the final subject should look like, but the code supports both single and multiple recipients):

if (count sel) > 1 then

-- we have a plural subject

set subj to "Offline Cancellation | Multiple Queues"

else

-- we have a singular

set subj to "Offline Cancellation | Queue"

end if

tell new_msg to set subject to subj

Also is there anyway to run this script and have the message be sent using a template where the email body text would drop into the template

Well, in your original post you said you wanted the reply parts to be editable. The script can send the mail, but that complete automation takes away the editable nature of your request. Ultimately, you can decide how far you want this to go.

To your point, though, my script already has the ability to set whatever message you want. In my example I set it to the first line of a nursery rhyme, but you can put any text you like into here. What more do you want/need?

So to clarify if I select "A" I want "A" to display in the email body.

OK, so to set the message body to the selection options you can just:

set content of new_msg to sel as text

Or maybe you want something more complex, like a combination of static text that includes the selection:

set content of new_msg to "Mary had a little lamb, she named it " & (sel as text) & ". And everywhere that Mary went, " & (sel as text) & " was sure to go"

You can do whatever you want by concatenating (using "&") pieces of text, variables, and anything else you like.

Okay this is great however it groups the selections all together. Is there an easy way to list the selections like this:

A

B

C

D

etc...

Yes, this can be done with a little trickery - tell AppleScript how you want the items to be delimited (the default is 'none' which is why they run together) - then convert the list to text, like:

-- save the current delimiter, and tell AS to use returns:

set {oldTID, my text item delimiters} to {my text item delimiters, return}

-- convert the list to text

set sel_text to sel as text

-- and restore the previous settings, just to be safe

set my text item delimiters to oldTID

set content_new_msg to "Mary had a little lamb, she named it " & sel_text & "."

You can set the sender address by specifying it when you create the message:

set new_m to make new outgoing message with properties {sender:"Daniel <daniel@daniel.com>"}

You need to match the name and email address to one of the accounts configured in Mail.app preferences, otherwise it will use the default account.: