Paul, thanks for the tips on the sync problem. I will implement them. I do find it hard to believe I exceeded 320MB of RAM (which is what I have), or that the swap files filled up or I ran out of free space on the disk (which was at least 4000MB), which is what you seem to be implying. It isn't likely to happen again since I won't be syncing 205 contacts at once.
I'm afraid I have not been on the AppleScript list or the MS newsgroups all day. No time... Now, I have to go do some actual work! -- Microsoft MVP for Entourage/OE/Word Allen Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> XNS name: =Allen Watson Applescripts for Outlook Express and Entourage: <http://homepage.mac.com/allenwatson/> > From: Paul Berkowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 20:16:13 -0800 > To: Entourage Mac Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Sync with Palm > > On 12/16/01 4:30 PM, I wrote: > >> You could, I suppose, get a custom view of all future events, and select >> them all (or omit a few you know you've got already). It doesn't matter if >> you select any which are already synced; the script is set to replace any >> event with the same name and start time (so you can update). You won't get >> duplicates. So - if you always forget to add the Sync category (me too) >> that might be a way to go , but requires 4 separate script runs, since >> "Date Modifies" is NOT a criteria for mixed custom views or advanced finds >> - only for contacts, tasks and notes taken separately. A nuisance. it >> would be one way to keep the numbers down, however. > > > OK - here's a workable technique for when you forget to add the "Sync" > category or title to new or modified items: > > Keep handy custom views for: > > Contacts < Date Modified> <is less than> 7 days [or whatever] > Tasks < Date Modified> <is less than> 7 days > Notes < Date Modified> <is less than> 7 days > Events <Date> <Is less than> 0 days from now > <Category <Is not> Holiday [my suggestion] > <Category> <Is not> <Already Synced> > > Go to each of the first 3, select all click in category column and add Sync > category. Go to the Events one and (first time) select all, deselect a few > you know you've done, add Sync category. > > NOW go to Sync Custom View, select all (they will all be there) and run the > script. Go back to Events view, select All (really All) and add Already > Synced category so they disappear and won't come back. > > You can change the 7 days to whatever makes sense. > > ------------ > > I've been asking on the AppleScript list (as you may have seen) and that > error you saw is well known for meaning "low memory partition". On an OS X > applet, which can take as much memory as it needs, it means "low memory on > computer", since each app should be able to take as much as it can get. It > looks like your rev 1 iBook strikes again. ;-) > > I was wrong: there's no limit per variable. It would be extremely tedious to > write each record (contact, task, event, note) to a text file as it appeared > instead a full list at a time. I could experiment with building a text block > instead of a list, however, and writing that all at once. I'll test with my > new scripts to see if that makes any difference. But these will be running > from Entourage anyway, with all its memory resources, not from an applet. > We'll see. > > > > -- > Paul Berkowitz > > > -- > To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To search the archives: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To search the archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
