how to create entourage plungins?

[anni]

hi,

I want to create plug-ins for entourage. can anybody tell me, how to
create plugins and which is best language/script language for it.

I am new just started searching how to do it? don't know anything
about it. Please, tell me how to do it?

1. A very simple plug-in => add a menu in entourgae, and open a
dashboard from it.

thanks in advance

regards,
anni

 

[Adam Bailey]

I want to create plug-ins for entourage. can anybody tell me, how to
create plugins and which is best language/script language for it.

I am new just started searching how to do it? don't know anything
about it. Please, tell me how to do it?

Entourage doesn't have a traditional plugin architecture (if such a thing
exists), but certain tasks can be automated/customized with AppleScript.

See <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/script/index.html> to begin.

Would also help if you'd say, specifically, what you want to accomplish.

 

[anni]

anni wrote: > I want to create plug-ins for entourage. can anybody tell
me, how to > create plugins and which is best language/script language
for it. > > I am new just started searching how to do it? don't know anything

about it. Please, tell me how to do it?

Entourage doesn't have a traditional plugin architecture (if such a thing
exists), but certain tasks can be automated/customized with AppleScript.





See to begin.





Would also help if you'd say, specifically, what you want to accomplish.






1. A very simple plug-in => add a menu in entourgae, and open a dashboard from it.

 

[Adam Bailey]

1. A very simple plug-in => add a menu in entourgae, and open a dashboard
from it.

You can't add a menu to Entourage, but you can add an AppleScript to
Entourage's AppleScript menu that can launch just about anything. What
Dashboard (widget) are you trying to open?

 

[anni]

could i be able to provide functionality like editing events or adding some properties to event or contact.

 

[Allen A Watson]

could i be able to provide functionality like editing events or adding some properties to event or contact.

Yes, you can assign categories, edit subjects, move messages
around...nearly anything. AppleScript is the way to go. They can be
triggered from the Script menu, via keyboard shortcut, or from Rules or
Schedules.

You might want to see some of the scripts for Entourage that already
exist on scriptbuilders.net as examples of what you can do. Or check the
selection of useful scripts on the Entourage help pages:

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/script/index.html>