Display Notification Center Alert Automator Action 1.0.0

2012.08.26 By

I've written a new Automator action for displaying a notification center alert in Mountain Lion.  You can use it to display a notification when a workflow is complete, to remind you to buy your wife flowers, or anything else that might require a custom alert. I hope you find it useful.

-Ben

P.S. If you like this, please check out my other Automator actions.

Configuring the action for use. You can specify a title, subtitle, and message

A Notification Center alert displayed by the action

A Notification Center message displayed by the action

 Display Notification Center Alert 1.0.1

 

Version History

2012-08-26 - Version 1.0.0
2012-08-29 - Version 1.0.1 - Added support for international and unicode text

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MacTech AppleScript Essentials Column > Introduction to Scripting Microsoft Entourage

2007.05.03 By

May, 2007 - Introduction to Scripting Microsoft Entourage.

For some time now, we have been discussing scripting the Microsoft Office applications, partially in preparation for the forthcoming release of Office 2008, in which Microsoft has announced that Visual Basic macros will no longer be supported. So far, we have explored the AppleScript support in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, three applications that currently (in Office 2004) include Visual Basic macro support. This month, we are going to discuss the fourth major Office application, Entourage, a popular email and project management client. [Read more at MacTech.com...]

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