[cpac]

hello all - I'm looking for a little bit of Applescript help.

Basically, can somebody tell me how (or give me example code on how) to get the data in a specific field of the currently selected record in address book, and have that data writtin in a new TextEdit document?

My ultimate goal is to make a nice little script anybody can use to automatically address a letter. I haven't decided yet whether to have the script create the letter from scratch each time, or to have it rely on the stationary pad feature of the Finder for the basic letter template, but either way it seems like it shouldn't be too difficult to do. I just don't have the Applescript know-how on how to get the data from there to TextEdit.

(If if makes any difference to you offering help, I will post the code of the ultimate result and make it free for anybody who wants to use it - it's just something I'd like to know how to do...)

[Diggory Laycock]

this should get you started:

Code:
tell application "Address Book"
	set theSelection to the selection
	if theSelection is {} then
		display dialog "Please select a contact in the abook" buttons {"OK"} default button 1
		return
	end if
	set thePerson to first item of theSelection
	set theAddress to thePerson's first address

	set theCity to city of theAddress
	set theStreet to street of theAddress
	set theZip to zip of theAddress
	set theState to state of theAddress
	set theCountry to country of theAddress
end tell

set addressText to (theStreet) & " ,
" & (theCity) & " ,
" & (theState) & " ,
" & (theZip) & " ,
" & (theCountry) & " 
"

tell application "TextEdit"
	make new document at the beginning of documents
	set the text of the front document to addressText
end tell

[cpac]

thank you very much! I'll post the finished product once it's ready.