What is changed between Office 2011 and Office 2016 and up
Here is a working example, including dealing with posix paths: set saveToFolder to POSIX path of (choose folder with prompt 'Choose the destination folder') set ctr to 0 tell application 'Microsoft Outlook' set srcFolder to mail folder 'SomeFolder' of on my computer set selectedMessages to messages of srcFolder repeat with msg in selectedMessages set sentstamp to time sent of msg set y to year. Mar 07, 2020. Outlook for Mac works with Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft 365, Outlook.com (including Hotmail and MSN), Gmail, Yahoo Mail, and iCloud Learn more about Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 is a cloud-based subscription service that brings together premium versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneDrive, with the best tools for the way people. The new AppleScriptTask command executes an AppleScript script. This similar to the MacScript command except that it runs an AppleScript file located outside the sandboxed app. Call AppleScriptTask as follows: “my parameter string” is the single input parameter to the “myapplescripthandler” script handler.
The legacy 'MacScript' VB Command is severely limited by Apple’s sandbox requirements: it will not work correctly in most situations in Office 2016 and up. Updating the MacScript function seems to be too difficult.
Instead, Microsoft added a new VB command 'AppleScriptTask' that accesses and runs an AppleScript file located outside the sandboxed app. This new approach is not as convenient: with the MacScript function you could have the script in the file itself, while with the AppleScriptTask method you need to distribute an extra file containing the script, and it must be placed in the specified location on the user’s system to have permission to run. This requires some user interaction the first time.
See this page if you want to learn more : AppleScriptTask in Office 2016 and higher for the Mac
If you use Mac Mail check out this page : Mail from Mac Excel 2016 and up with Mac Mail
Examples to mail with Mac Outlook 2016 and up
Download examples, add-in and script file in Zip format (File date : 1-Feb-2019)
Important: There is a bug in 16.39 when you send the mail directly when you set displaymail to 'no', it is only working the first mail but the second and ? time not, they say they will update it in the next update.
Note : In the 1-Feb-2019 version there is also body html example workbook and also the add-in have this option, for this the script file is also changed. If you use a older version of the code you must not forget to replace the script file.
After you download the zip file you see 4 Excel workbooks, one add-in(version 4.0) and one script file, before we can test the code example we must copy the script file in the correct location of your Mac. You only have to do this one time. The example workbooks and the add-in use this script file, without it the examples and add-in will not work.
Note: If you use macOS Catalina replace the script file in the download above for this one : Catalina Script File
Where must I copy the file(RDBMacOutlook.scpt) with the script :
Open a Finder Window Hold the Alt key when you press on Go in the Finder menu bar Click on Library Click on Application Scripts (if it exists; if not create this folder) Click on com.microsoft.Excel (if it exists; if not create this folder) note: Capital letter E Copy the script file from the download inside this folder
Test the code in the workbooks
You have download 4 workbooks, 3 of them have code examples in it so you can test. Be sure you are op to date, Look in the Excel Help menu for 'Check for updates'
MacOutlookWithExcel2016.xlsm to create a mail with the ActiveSheet, Selection or WorkBook
MacOutlookWithExcel2016PDF.xlsm to create a mail with the ActiveSheet, Range or WorkBook as PDF
MacOutlookWithExcel2016HTMLBody.xlsm to create a mail with the ActiveSheet/Selection in the body
You can use workbook 4 to test the add-in, see the next part on this page.
Add-in to send the activesheet as workbook or PDF
In the download you can find also a add-in (MacOutlook2016ActiveSheetAdd-in.xlam) and a example workbook(TestworkbookForMailAddIn.xlsx) that you can use to test the options in the add-in. Go to Tools>Add-ins to browse to the add-in and select it. After you have done this you will notice the new tab named RDBMailOutlook in the Ribbon.
Please give feedback, good or bad. There is no object model for Outlook so it is trial and error to get things working in Mac Office 2016 and up.
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Bastiaan Boertien(applescript specialist) for his help to get this working
AppleScriptTask in Mac Office 2016 or higher
In Office 2011 for the Mac there are many problems with the built-in VBA commands. For Example Dir, Kill, GetOpenFilename, GetSaveAsFileName and many others. For example, in Office 2011 file names in VBA are limited to a maximum of 32 characters including the extension. If the file name is longer the code fails.
VBA developers responded by using AppleScript in many situations to work around the problems. They also used AppleScript to do things that are not possible with VBA code; for example to email using VBA code, Excel 2011 and Outlook 2011.
In Office 2016 and higher, we need to use a new method and a new approach explained below.
Example for Excel 2011
In Office 2011 we use the built-in MacScript function to run a script that we build up as a string in the VBA code. See the code example below.
Copy the test macro and the function below into a normal module of your workbook. Change the file path and name in the macro TestMacro to point to a file on your Mac to test.
When you run the macro named TestMacro it will test if the file : Macintosh HD:Users:RDB:Desktop:MacTestFile.xlsm exists on your Mac and display a msgbox showing True or False
Note: You can also use : FileName = '/Users/RDB/Desktop/MacTestFile.xlsm'
Excel 2016 or higher for the Mac
If you test the code that is working correctly in Excel 2011, in Excel 2016 it gives a run-time error 5; but if you test the script string that the VBA code created in the Script Editor, the script works correctly.
What’s the problem here?
The legacy 'MacScript' VB Command is severely limited by Apple’s sandbox requirements: it will not work correctly in most situations in Office 2016 and higher. Updating the MacScript function seems to be too difficult.
Instead, Microsoft added a new VB command 'AppleScriptTask' that accesses and runs an AppleScript file located outside the sandboxed app. This new approach is not as convenient: with the MacScript function you could have the script in the file itself, while with the AppleScriptTask method you need to distribute an extra file containing the script, and it must be placed in the specified location on the user’s system to have permission to run. This requires some user interaction the first time.
1) Test the AppleScript in the Script Editor ?
First we open the Script Editor on your Mac.
Click on the Spotlight icon in the top right corner of your Mac.
Enter 'Script Editor' to find and open this program.
Click the New Document button, and we are ready to start.
Tip: Right click on the Script Editor icon in the dock and choose Options>Keep in Dock so it is easy the next time to open it when you need it.
The script you want the VBA code to run looks like this now in the script editor:
tell application 'System Events' to return (exists disk item 'Macintosh HD:Users:RDB:Desktop:MacTestFile.xlsm') and class of disk item 'Macintosh HD:Users:RDB:Desktop:MacTestFile.xlsm' = file
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Paste that inside the editor
Press the Run button
Observe the Result area at the bottom
You see the result (True or False)
When your script works correctly in the script editor you have proved that nothing is wrong with the script. Now we go to step 2 to make the script ready for using it with AppleScriptTask.
2) Add the script inside a handler and test it
Replace the script in the Script Editor with the script below.
And for testing only we copy this line at the top
ExistsFile('/Users/RDB/Desktop/MacTestFile.xlsm')
You can use this line instead if you want to use the colon separator
Now save the file as MyFileTest.scpt on your Desktop.
Use (File>Save)in the Script Editor Menu bar in the top left corner of your Mac window
The Script Editor must be active to see the Script Editor menu bar.
You see that I placed the code inside a handler named ExistsFile which takes a parameter string of filepath. The name of the handler and parameter string is your choice. You see also in the script line that I replaced both path/file name strings with the variable filepath. This works the same as in the VBA code example for Excel 2011 where we have a string named FileName, which we created in the macro.
Before we try to run the script with AppleScriptTask in VBA we first test the handler inside the Script Editor. The first line in the script is there only for testing.
Press the Run button, and the script test if the file exists on your Mac. The line above the ExistsFile handler provides the filename string to the ExistsFile handler, to enable you to test the script before we take the next step of calling it from VBA.
Before we go to the next step remove the script line above the handler or make it a comment, so the script does not use it. You do this by adding two hyphens before the line so it looks like this:
Click on the Run button and you see that nothing happens, because the handler has no filename string to test. But it test and indents the changes in the script. It is important before you close a file after you make changes to press the Run button.
Close the script file now and you will notice that it has automatically saved your changes.
3) Where to place the script file for using it with AppleScriptTask
Now the script file is ready and tested we must copy it into the correct location. Follow the steps below to copy and paste it into this exact location.
Open a Finder Window
Hold the Alt key and click Go in the Finder menu bar
Click Library
Click Application Scripts (if it exists; if not create this folder)
Click com.microsoft.Excel if it exists; if not create this folder (note: Capital letter E)
Copy MyFileTest.scpt to the com.microsoft.Excel folder.
Note: If you want to use the example in Word you must add/use the com.microsoft.Word folder, each Office app have its own folder. Unfortunately there is no folder for all Office programs.
This are three ways to easily open the com.microsoft.Excel folder manual :
Add it to your Favorites in Finder by dragging it to it while holding the Alt key down.
Add it to your Favorites in Finder with the shortcut : cmd Ctrl T
Drag the folder to the Desktop with the CMD and Alt key down. You now have a link to the folder on your desktop so it is easy to find it and open it in the future.
Note : Adding the folder to your Favorites is my favorite because you see the folder in your open and save dialogs in Excel.
Or use this script one time to create a folder for your Office files and create shortcuts to a few important folders, check out this page : Setup your Mac for Mac Office 2016 or higher
4) Use the script we create in VBA with AppleScriptTask
When you use AppleScriptTask the third argument is a parameter string that you use to give information to the handler. In the example on this page this must be the file path and name of the file that we want to test for.
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You can also add code to your workbook that check if the scpt file is in the correct location, copy the function below in the same module as your macro :
You can add this to your macro to stop it when the scpt file is not in the correct location
More information
Apple Applescript
More than one handler in your script file
You can have more than one handler in the scriptfile; in the screenshot below I have also added a handler to test whether a nominated folder exists on your Mac.
Use string wih more than one parameter in AppleScriptTask
AppleScriptTask can accept only one parameter string, but I found a workaround. See how I use SplitString in the applescript below to use more parameters.
More applescript example that you can use with AppleScriptTask
Below you find some example scrips that you can copy in a scpt file and run it with VBA. I call the scpt file FileFolder.scpt in the macros below. So copy the scrips in a file FileFolder.scpt and copy it in the correct location on your Mac. You see that the check file and folder scripts from above are also in the scrips below.
And below you find the VBA macros to call the scrips above.
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Create SCPT files with VBA code and copy it in the com.microsoft.Excel folder
It is possible to create or update scpt files only with VBA code, but before you can do this you must do some things manual first because Apple not allow you to create the path with VBA code. See point 3 above how to create the path below.
Applescript Guide
Library/Application Scripts/com.microsoft.Excel/
Then copy the MakeSCPTFile.scpt file from the download above inside the com.microsoft.Excel folder.
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You must do this only one time and after that you can do everything with VBA code.
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Copy the excel workbook on your desktop and test the code and see if it create a new scpt file inside the com.microsoft.Excel folder for you, you see that you create the script also in the VBA macro. If you change the string in the macro and run the code again it will overwrite the existing scpt file, this way you can update the scpt file.