Action(s) 1.1 Release Notes

New Functionalities

New action: Display Email Messages
New action: Filter Email Messages
New action: Forward Email Messages
New action: Get Attachments from Email Messages
New action: Get New Email Messages
New action: Get Text from Email Messages
New action: Print Email Messages
New action: Reply to Email Messages
New action: Send an Email Message
New action: Condition
New action: Dispense items incrementally
New action: Loop
New action: Run Script - compatible with JavaScript (all platform) and AppleScript (Mac OS X only)

Action: Ask for Files: Additional options when “Show during execution” is selected. It is now possible to restrict the type and number of files that can be selected during the execution.
Action: Get Files: Additional options when “Show during execution” is selected. It is now possible to restrict the type and number of files that can be selected during the execution.
Action: Ask for Pictures: Additional options when “Show during execution” is selected. It is now possible to restrict number of pictures that can be selected during the execution.
Action: Get Pictures: Additional options when “Show during execution” is selected. It is now possible to restrict number of pictures that can be selected during the execution.

Storage variable values can be edited by double-clicking on the variable value in the variable list.

Action: New Email Message: This action is not available anymore. It is replaced by the new actions related to email messages. Workflows created prior to v1.1 and using this action will continue working as before.

Action: Ask for Files: The action returns a single file when applicable (and not a list with a single file as prior to 1.1).
Action: Get Files: The action returns a single file when applicable (and not a list with a single file as prior to 1.1).
Action: Ask for Pictures: The action returns a single picture when applicable (and not a list with a single picture as prior to 1.1).
Action: Get Pictures: The action returns a single picture when applicable (and not a list with a single picture as prior to 1.1).
Action: Get URL: The action returns a single URL when applicable (and not a list with a single URL as prior to 1.1).
Action: Play Slideshow: Interface improved.
Action: View Result: The result is now displayed in the workflow and not in a distinct window.
Action: Display Text: The text is now displayed in a distinct window and not in the default text file application.
Action: Run Command Line: Do not require to call the system command line tool before the command line anymore.
Action: Choose from list: improved compatibility

It is possible to deactivate warnings displayed when adding potentially dangerous actions to the workflow. Once deactivated, warnings can be reactivated by clicking on the “Reset all message box notifications” button in the Preferences panel.

Categories are now sorted by name
Information and tips are displayed in the information panel when a category is selected

The license validation dialog window is not displayed at each new version of Action(s), except if a change occurs in the license.
“Print” button added to the license validation dialog window.

Action: Copy Files: The file chooser displayed if “Show during execution” is selected does not allow multi-selection anymore.
Action: Find Files: The action was not returning folders
Action: Get Folder Content: The action was not returning folders
Action: Move Files: The file chooser displayed if “Show during execution” is selected does not allow multi-selection anymore.
Action: Uncompress Files: The file chooser displayed if “Show during execution” is selected does not allow multi-selection anymore
Action: Compress Files: The file chooser displayed if “Show during execution” is selected does not allow multi-selection anymore.
Action: Play Slideshow: Minor bug corrected.
Action: Download URL: The file chooser displayed if “Show during execution” is selected does not allow multi-selection anymore.
Action: New Text File: The file chooser displayed if “Show during execution” is selected does not allow multi-selection anymore.
Action: Display Image: Clicking on the “Rotate” action when no action is selected do not generate an error anymore.
Variables: in some cases, the link between a Set Variable Value action and the previous action was not displayed when the values might be compatibles.

Actions working with images do not display an error message anymore when trying to close an image file already closed.

The progress window was not closing when an error was occurring while opening/saving the workflow

Correction of a bug affecting the opening of files in Mac OS X after the release of Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 3

Action: Join Files: The file chooser displayed if “Show during execution” is selected does not allow multi-selection anymore.