I've been doing some AppleScript work with Entourage. Despite the generally
very high quality of Entourage's AppleScript implementation, I'm surprised
at some odd omissions. I've only just joined this list, so perhaps this is
old hat. But I'm curious to know why, and whether fixes are planned.
For example, you can get the Reminder Date And Time for Tasks, but not for
Events, even though the GUI supports setting reminder dates and times for
both.
And even for Tasks, you can't get the reminder frequency (e.g., weekly,
monthly).
And for Tasks, the dictionary says the Due Date is read-only, and it's
right. This seems particularly odd.
And there's something wrong with categories. A contact's Category and Links
properties both return lists, yet you have to jump through an extra hoop or
two to get at the Category list (for example, in some contexts I have to
refer to "its category" while I don't have to do that for Links in the same
context).
And Email Addresses for a contact returns a list of simple strings giving
the e-mail addresses, with no way to find out which are associated with
"Work" and which with "Home" -- associations that are settable in the GUI.
Is there anywhere I can go for a more complete list of discrepancies?
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Bill Cheeseman, Quechee, Vermont <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The AppleScript Sourcebook <http://www.AppleScriptSourcebook.com/>
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