Paul Berkowitz
Sat, 27 Oct 2001 22:27:36 -0700
On 10/27/01 10:02 PM, "Daniel Brogan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One important difference between tasks in Palm Desktop and Entourage is that > Palm records a date for when a task is due as well as when it was actually > completed. Entourage only records the task's due date. > > For me, knowing when a task was actually completed is more useful. For new > tasks in Entourage I work around this by using a nightly script that updates > the due date for all current uncompleted tasks to today. So when I mark a > task completed, its due date is the completion date. > > I've got a lot of old tasks I'd like to import from Palm Desktop. Before > importing, I'd like to run a script that will go through all the Palm tasks > and change each task's due date to its completed date. Then when I import to > Entourage, all will be well. > > I'm not much of an AppleScripter. Can this be done? Can anyone help me get > started? > Palm Desktop has the most abominable, horrid excuse for an AppleScript implementation I have ever seen. You can only find out by a crazy trial; and error, or someone else who's done it, what might work: its Dictionary is all wrong. And lots can't be done at all. I would not try this, if I were you - it will only lead to great frustration. Most experienced AppleScripters (including me) stay well away from PD. perhaps if you join a PD mailing list someone could try to help you, if anyone has persisted with its nonsense. Sorry. -- Paul Berkowitz -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To search the archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>