On 11/3/2000 7:06 AM, "Allen Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've been trying to enhance my script to find duplicate contacts to create a
> version that will locate all contacts, assign them a special category, and
> then finish with that set of contacts "found" in the Address Book. I have
> all but the last step working.
>
> Does anyone (Paul, Dan) know a way to script finding contacts by category? I
> want to do the equivalent of:
>
> Set dupes to every contact whose category is "Possible Duplicate"
>
> With flagged contacts, the following works to select all flagged contacts:
>
> open address book 1
> set thecontacts to every contact whose flagged is true
> set selection to thecontacts
>
> The equivalent list ending 'whose category is "Possible Duplicate"' does
> not work. Of course, "category" is a list. So I tried 'whose category
> contains "Possible Duplicate"' or 'where "Possible Duplicate" is in its
> category". Neither works.
>
> I've even tried determining the id of the category, e.g. "Possible
> Duplicate" is the name of "category id 41", and trying to match on category
> id. That does not seem to work either.
>
> Is there a way to script what I want?
>
> Ending with the desired category <selected> would be okay. Ending with a
> kind of custom view showing <only that category> would be best.
>
> Any help appreciated.
Paul found the same problem and reported it on the beta list. It's
something we'll try to fix for a future release, but for now, there's no
fast way to do it.
Dan
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