lnoelstorr
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OK, I wanted to wrtie an AppleScript that would allow me to send a dispatch email to people who had bought items from me through the Amazon Marketplace. What I wanted was a script that allowed me to select one or more emails, run the script, and it would reply to the selected emails with a dispatch note. I also wanted to copy the order details from the original email into the reply. Anyway this is what I came up with (the text added to the email has been trimmed down a bit here):
Anyway, it currently runs slower than a legless tortoise running against the current in a river of treacle, and I'd really appreciate some suggestions to speed it up.
The bit that really slows it down seems to be the following:
which basically extracts the order details from the original email so they can be copied into the reply.
I know there are obvious areas where the code could be improved (if I knew AppleScript better), like how the repeat loop continues after it's already done what it's going to do, but even considering that it just runs sooooooo slowly.
The equivalent written in Java would take no time at alll to run, even written in the inefficient way it is, what can I do to make this AppleScript faster?
Code:
using terms from application "Mail"
on perform mail action with messages selectedMessages
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
repeat with eachMessage in selectedMessages
tell application "Mail"
set theReplyEmail to reply eachMessage
set theOrderDetails to ""
set startCopying to false
repeat with eachParagraph in the paragraphs of theReplyEmail
if eachParagraph begins with "Here are the details of your completed Amazon Marketplace sale:" then
set startCopying to true
end if
if startCopying is true then
set theOrderDetails to theOrderDetails & eachParagraph
end if
if eachParagraph begins with "Total Amount:" then
set startCopying to false
end if
end repeat
tell theReplyEmail
set the subject to "Amazon Marketplace Order Dispatched"
set the content to "Thank you very much ..." & theOrderDetails & return "Many Thanks..."
end tell
send theReplyEmail
end tell
end repeat
end perform mail action with messages
end using terms fromAnyway, it currently runs slower than a legless tortoise running against the current in a river of treacle, and I'd really appreciate some suggestions to speed it up.
The bit that really slows it down seems to be the following:
Code:
set theOrderDetails to ""
set startCopying to false
repeat with eachParagraph in the paragraphs of theReplyEmail
if eachParagraph begins with "Here are the details of your completed Amazon Marketplace sale:" then
set startCopying to true
end if
if startCopying is true then
set theOrderDetails to theOrderDetails & eachParagraph
end if
if eachParagraph begins with "Total Amount:" then
set startCopying to false
end if
end repeatwhich basically extracts the order details from the original email so they can be copied into the reply.
I know there are obvious areas where the code could be improved (if I knew AppleScript better), like how the repeat loop continues after it's already done what it's going to do, but even considering that it just runs sooooooo slowly.
The equivalent written in Java would take no time at alll to run, even written in the inefficient way it is, what can I do to make this AppleScript faster?