Attaching file to mail in KM

Questions & Suggestions
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Using KM I open a new email and leave it open, now I would like to attach a file to it. I have the location of the file stored as a KM variable if possible I would like to just send a command so that the file is attached to the email.

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Assuming you are using the Send Mail Message action for the new mail, there is a field to attach a file. Just put your variable into that field.

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Hi, thank you for your response, could you show a working example. I am a little confused.

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Sorry for confusing :anguished:

This is the macro from the screenshot above:

_[test] New Mail with Attachment.kmmacros (1.7 KB)

Of course, you have to change the path in the variable definition to something that exists on your computer.

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Sorry, I checked your response on my mobile and did not see the image that you posted. Many thanks.

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Could i attach 2 files? If so how?
Many thanks

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According to the Wiki, no. But with AppleScript it’s certainly possible.

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8

Hey Ali,

Look here:

Scripting Apple Mail

-Chris

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9

Hey Ali,

Also see this thread:

Putting File Aliases on the Clipboard

-Chris

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Hi,
When my variable looks like something like this how do I format it properly so that KM can attach the file to Mail?

Thank you.

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Hey Ali,

You can't.

The content of your variable is a useless text-representation of an alias.

If you want to get from a path in a Keyboard Maestro to an AppleScript variable you'll have to do something like this:

See that I'm using a $HOME-based path (otherwise known as a tilde-based path).

** Never use absolute paths when you don't have to, because they are not portable and are easily broken.

Then I've filtered the variable to expand the tilde-path to a full path.

Now to get that path from the Keyboard Maestro variable into your Mail.app AppleScript you'll have to do something like this:

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# Get the file path from Keyboard Maestro:
tell application "Keyboard Maestro Engine"
   set myFilePath to getvariable "filePath"
end tell

# Convert the file path to an AppleScript alias:
set fileAlias to convertPosixPathToAlias(myFilePath)

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--» HANDLERS
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on convertPosixPathToAlias(posixPath)
   return alias POSIX file posixPath
end convertPosixPathToAlias
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-Chris

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