I'm still getting "Connection failure occurred", as of 1:21 PM EST
-- Gary
Paul Berkowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said, on 2/18/01 11:47 AM:
> On 2/18/01 7:19 AM, "William Howarth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 17 Feb 2001 11:29:10 +0100, Carsten & Uni Vous Ortmann
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> Paul - and Erik,
>>>
>>> At least two of these are gving me the "Connection Failure Occurred" when
>>> trying to download (Select Contacts and Bulk Redirect).
>>>
>>> I'll go and get them from Paul's page, but maybe you should look into it.
>>>
>>> Carsten
>>
>> After many similar responses, I got a download but the archive was corrupted
>> and Stuffit could not open it.
>
> Sorry, everyone. I did let Erik know immediately, and he is looking into it.
> He's pretty upset with the company that provides the download site. I just
> downloaded those two scripts myself without problem, but that may ort may
> not mean the problems are solved.
>
> I found a little bug yesterday in Open Contact Name, and used the occasion
> to increase it features. (It's now my favorite script.) So Open Contact Name
> 1.2 and Office for Office 1.2.1 are now up as well. (The only difference
> between O4O 1.2.1 and v1.2 that came out two days ago is this new update for
> Open Contact Name, so don't get the whole thing if you don't need it.) Open
> Contact Name can now, as well as all its other nifty tricks, take a name and
> email address such as
>
> Paul Berkowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> and immediately make a new contact if you don't have it already, putting in
> first name, last name and email address where they should be and opening it
> for you immediately from the first dialog, just by pressing option-command-O
> after selecting the name and email address on you screen. (If you have that
> contact already, it just opens it immediately.) So -
>
>
> New updates at AppleScript Central
> <http://www.applescriptcentral.com/>
>
>
>
> Open Contact Name [v1.2.0]
> Open Contact Name is probably the fastest way to open a contact window
> from anywhere within Entourage outside the Address Book, run from a keyboard
> shortcut. v1.2 has better features for opening contacts whose names are in
> quotes (as often in attribution lines), and in making new contacts from
> selections that include both name and <email address>.
> Direct download: <http:www.applescriptcentral.com/ftpinwin.php?id=53>
>
>
> Office for Office [v1.2.1]
> A suite of 12 AppleScripts for Office:mac. In this set you will find new
> and upgraded scripts which will allow you to make better use of Entourage
> and Word working together in ways not yet possible without scripts. v1.2.1
> incorporates a new script: Select Contacts, which lets you easily select
> multiple contacts in the Address Book for all the Print scripts when you
> don't need to sort them, and for the new updated Address Word Letter 2.4,
> which both fixes the date in your saved letters and allows you to open
> letters to multiple contacts at once; and a bonus script, Open Contact Name,
> the quickest way to open any contact from anywhere within Entourage outside
> the Address Book. v1.2.1 updates Open Contact Name to v1.2, which has better
> features for opening contacts whose names are in quotes (as often in
> attribution lines), and in making new contacts from selections that include
> both name and <email address>. OSAX: Akua Sweets 1.4 (or later).
> Direct download: <http:www.applescriptcentral.com/ftpinwin.php?id=182>
>
>
> I guess I'd better be nice to my friends on this list, and mention that the
> scripts are also available at my mac.com website:
>
> http://homepage.mac.com/berkowit28/
>
> Aside from the fact that Erik, who runs ASC, has been incredibly helpful in
> posting everybody's scripts and providing this fast-search and attractive
> site for Entourage scripts - which have no other home - I have to admit that
> my vanity gets a kick out of seeing the download numbers at the ASC site
> (they are completely unknowable at my mac.com site). it's mostly the only
> positive feedback I get - usually I only hear when there's a bug. So that's
> one reason why I push the ASC site! Being more used to download totals of
> around 27 per script, it was nice to see this morning that Office for Office
> has now topped 6000. Maybe this could be a bit of a guide to MS that there
> is a real demand for better mail merge features between Entourage and Word?
> I'd be happy if the next major Office 2001+ release put me "out of business"
> in this department: I'm sure I'll still find some finishing touches to add,
> or other areas to look into.
>
> OK, I may be gone for a while into the "other side". I have the tools at
> hand at last to start looking into Outlook 2000/Entourage export/import of
> contacts. But it will be a while, don't hold your breath. First I have to
> defragment my hard disk to I have enough room to make a larger disk image
> for Virtual PC, then install a new disk image of Windows 98 there so I have
> enough room to install Office 2000. I'm sure it will take me quite a while
> after the installations just to find my way around in that world. And quite
> a bit longer before I have any solutions. But I do have an idea in the back
> of my head already as to how it may be possible to export contacts without
> losing too many fields as in the OE 5.5 Windows export. Here's hoping.
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