How to launch an app (Messages) using a specific contact from Contacts?

[mariva]

I asked this question in the Workflow Help & Questions forum (http://www.alfredforum.com/forum/13-workflow-help-questions/), but I believe I need even more basic assistance.

 

Currently, Alfred is able to email a specific contact, but I would like also to be able to message a specific contact via the Messages app. If I start typing the name of a contact, Alfred recognizes that contact -- and can even open it, but from there I can't get it to message the person. I've tried various workflows to try to address this. I know how to launch the Messages app, but I can't figure out how to get it to start a new message to a specific contact. I can't make heads or tails out of the "Contact Action" trigger, and I'm not even sure that a Contact Action trigger would help me with this workflow.

 

I realize that this seems very basic, so I feel quite silly. I would appreciate any help or ideas.

[mariva]

Jasper van der Meulen may have solved my problem:

http://www.alfredforum.com/topic/1168-imessage-focus-with-part-of-namehandle/

 

Works pretty well, but I'm wondering if there's an easier way to accomplish this (without the major-ish scripts).