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Things-Outlook.AppleScript
tell application "Microsoft Outlook"
set theMessage to first item of (get current messages)
set theSubject to the subject of theMessage
set theBody to the plain text content of theMessage
set theID to the id of theMessage
end tell
tell application "Things3"
show quick entry panel with properties {name:theSubject, notes:theBody}
end tell
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22Nad commented Apr 5, 2022 •
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Hi, I just stumbled upon this. Am not an experienced coder at all, but I was trying to install the code @Zenocolo proposed. I get the following respons: "Can’t get subject of missing value". Does anyone know how to get this to work?

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jonasdiemer commented May 10, 2022

Hi, I just stumbled upon this. Am not an experienced coder at all, but I was trying to install the code @Zenocolo proposed. I get the following respons: "Can’t get subject of missing value". Does anyone know how to get this to work?

Apparently, the "New Outlook" doesn't support automation via AppleScript. So seems like we need to wait for Microsoft to add this (again) - or maybe someone is aware of a workaround?

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CaseyRo commented May 10, 2022 via email

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mxvaic commented Dec 1, 2023

May be supported in 2024/25?
https://www.microsoft.com/cs-cz/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=88537

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rodhdz commented Dec 7, 2025

Hey, I managed to fix with changing selection call: set theMessage to selection My script bellow also adds link to message as described in comment here: https://medium.com/@zenocolo78/hey-russel-thank-you-very-much-this-really-helped-me-since-due-company-policy-i-have-to-use-1b8049c3ff66

tell application "Microsoft Outlook" set theMessage to selection set theSubject to the subject of theMessage set theBody to the plain text content of theMessage set theID to the id of theMessage end tell

tell application "Things3" show quick entry panel with properties {name:theSubject, notes:"outlook://" & theID & linefeed & theBody} end tell

I changed tge code to this, it seems that the AppURL changed from outlook to ms-outlook

tell application "Things3"
	show quick entry panel with properties {name:theSubject, notes:"ms-outlook://message/" & theID & linefeed & theBody}
end tell

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