On Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 3:06 PM, Steve Schow wrote:
> I am trying to write an applescript that will go through all the 1000+
> contacts that have accumulated, and delete the ones which are no longer
> active. I have maybe 100 active contacts. By active I mean, they are
> currently an "added" yahoo user on my yahoo contact list that I see. When I
> remove a contact, adium seems to keep the contact object internally anyway,
> just in case I might add that contact again, then their complete info will
> still be there. I want to completely nuke the ones that are not active
> anymore.
>
> So the question is, in Applescript when I'm looking at a contact object, how
> can I determine if that contact is currently on my actual yahoo contact list,
> as opposed to just lurking in the plist?
The isStranger property might serve to allow that distinction, Steve. It's
protocol dependent what exactly 'stranger' means, and I'm not sure about Yahoo
offhand.
-Evan
>
> Here is some code I have so far:
>
> -----------
>
> tell application "Adium"
> repeat with eachAccount in every account of service "Yahoo!"
> set allContacts to get every contact of eachAccount
> repeat with eachContact in allContacts
> set dName to the display name of eachContact
> set uName to the name of eachContact
>
> if (exists contact uName) then
> set existsStatus to "TRUE"
> else
> set existsStatus to "FALSE"
> end if
>
> if (blocked of eachContact) then
> set blockedStatus to "TRUE"
> else
> set blockedStatus to "FALSE"
> end if
>
> -- NEEDED HERE HOW TO DETERMINE ACTIVE CONTACT
>
> -- Display a confirmation box for deleting the contact permanently
> set question to display dialog "User=" & dName & " " & uName & "
> Exists=" & existsStatus & "
> Blocked=" & blockedStatus & "
> Do you want to delete?" buttons {"Yes", "No"} default button 2
> set answer to button returned of question
> if answer is equal to "Yes" then
> -- delete it
> end if
>
> end repeat
> end repeat
>
> end tell
>
>
