> On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 7:24 AM, Mike McLean wrote:
>
> > On Oct 12, 2013, at 2:03 AM, Manish wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 9:55 PM, Mike McLean wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Oct 10, 2013, at 9:51 PM, Manish wrote:
> > > >
> > > > i am trying to use %(org-mac-outlook-message-insert-selected) in
> > > > a capture template to create a todo entry from an email selected
> > > > in outlook on mac os x.  i was expecting that the function will
> > > > get executed when the template is called and enter a link to the
> > > > email but seems to return nothing.  the function works when used
> > > > outside of template.  any ideas how i can begin to debug this or
> > > > if i should be doing anything differently?
> > > >
> > >
> > > When I added the support for Outlook I matched the style and
> > > design of the existing Org mac message (for Mail). In particular
> > > org-mac-outlook-message-insert-selected does not return a value,
> > > it is designed to be called interactively and inserts a link at
> > > the current point in the current buffer. As such it would not work
> > > as a %() capture template.
> > >
> > > Now on the other hand all org-mac-outlook-message-insert-selected
> > > does is ~(insert (org-mac-outlook-message-get-links "s"))~. I
> > > presume (though I haven't tested) that you could use the inner
> > > form ~(org-mac-outlook-message-get-links "s")~ in a %() sexp in a
> > > capture template.
> > >
> >
> > thanks!  it does work this way.
> >
> > i am not sure if it's directly related but there's a weird issue.
> > once i have a link to an email, i can open it by c-c c-o only once.
> > any following attempt just fails with a message: "org-mac-link:
> > error could not find outlook message <msgid>" where msgid is the id
> > of the message. when i ran the mdfind command that i found in the
> > source in the terminal, it again worked once only.  any subsequent
> > attempt opens a finder window.  very very odd behavior since i am
> > not even modifying the email in anyway (other than just opening it)
> > that might change its message id or something.
>
> it has definitely worked for the same message multiple times for me
> (even after changing a message by moving it, etc.). since the org mac
> outlook interface uses spotlight indexing, and spotlight uses the
> loose messages in the microsoft user data folder, maybe rebuilding one
> or both of the outlook profile or the spotlight index would fix your
> issues?

i'll look into rebuilding outlook profiles and spotlight indexes.
meanwhile, following has worked consistently for me:

#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(defun org-mac-outlook-message-open (msgid)
  "open a message in outlook"
  (do-applescript
   (concat
    "tell application \"Microsoft Outlook\"\n"
     (format "open message id %s\n" msgid)
     "activate\n"
     "end tell")))
#+end_src

cheers!
--manish