Sending email through Thunderbird

[Catoal]

Hi,

I'm trying to send an email from procomm via thunderbird.

At the moment, my script launches and gives the focus to thunderbird.
I try to open a new message by sendkey CTRL 'N' but it doesn't work!
What's wrong?
Is there an other way to do that or do I have to look at mapisend or outlook procedures?

Thxs for your help

 

[HuntersDad]

This is absolutely possible using Virtual Keystrokes.

I have several scripts that send virtual keystrokes to other windows and it's a little tricky, but not impossible.

Can you paste some of your code so we can see what might be holding you up?

By the way, there is also a sample script on Knobs website that uses sendkey commands that is very useful.

He is at:

http://www.aspectscripting.com

Another good idea is to type sendkey into an aspect editor and right-click on it. You can do this to any command and the ProComm Aspect Help is VERY helpful.

Good Luck

 

[knob]

Mapisend is the slick way to do it, but I've not had any luck doing that with recent Outlook releases. I'm not sure if it's a Windows problem, Outlook, etc.

http://www.aspectscripting.com

 

[Catoal]

This is a part of my script, inspired by

http://www.aspectscripting.com

proc main
;...
integer iTask, iWindow, iStatus = 0
string sTaskName

if firsttask iTask ;Search list of tasks for thunderbird.exe
taskname iTask sTaskName
if strnicmp sTaskName "thunderbird.exe" 11 ;Search for thunderbird process
taskwin iTask iWindow
winactivate iWindow ;Bring thunderbird to foreground
launch_message() ;Run procedure to open new message
iStatus = 1 ;Set flag indicating thunderbird was found
endif
while nexttask iTask
taskname iTask sTaskName
if strnicmp sTaskName "thunderbird.exe" 11
taskwin iTask iWindow
winactivate iWindow
launch_message()
iStatus = 1
endif
endwhile
endif
if iStatus == 0 ;thunderbird not active
run "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe"
pause 5
launch_message()
endif
endproc

Above procedure works fine, launch_message procedure seems not working!

proc launch_message
pause 3
sendkey CTRL 'N' ;Open new message
pause 3
sendkeystr "xxxr@yyy.com"
sendkey ALT 's' ;Move to subject line
pause 3
sendkeystr "warning"
;sendkey CTRL 's'
endproc

 

[Catoal]

No idea?

 

[knob]

If you have a script that just runs the launch_message procedure after Thunderbird is running, does it work? My first hunch is that focus is not set properly after running Thunderbird, so the Ctrl-N is not going to the proper window.

http://www.aspectscripting.com

 

[Catoal]

Hello.

I fixed the problem using a run proc on a VB Script that generate an email.

Thanks