On or near 1/11/02 7:14 PM, Ken Scott at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed: > on 1/11/02 6:20pm, Allen Watson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I'm not so sure. I just experimented. I read somewhere that you could use >> .vcf files to transfer contact info, and you can. In either app, drag a >> contact to the desktop. Result: a .vcf file. Now, with the other app open, >> drag the file to its dock icon. Result: contact is added to the other app. >> Don't know what happens in case of duplication (does it update, replace, or >> duplicate)? Try it and see. >> > > Problem with .vcf files on the PD side, that I have encountered. PD will > only import one vcf at a time. Drop a selection of several, and it only > imports one of them. Not good when Entourage has ~400 entries in the > Contacts section.
But quite adequate when you have identical DBs after an import, and just want to transfer a few new or updated contacts. > >> As for calendar events. Well, PD allows exporting of all four kinds of data >> to tab-delimited files. Paul has written scripts to export/import almost >> everything (he's still working on them) but when done, I presume some combo >> of PD's very thorough exporting and Paul's scripts would allow us to >> transfer almost everything, if direct importing isn't possible into >> Entourage (which is the only direction I am concerned about). And the >> scripts plus PD's importing functions (from tab-delimited files) would be >> the only way I can think of to get data from Entourage to PD. >> > > I'm stuck wanting to go the other way. My Palm Vx battery died on me, and I > am currently stuck without a way to get data from Entourage X into my Palm > (or Palm Desktop). I would love to get all four sections (Contacts, > Calendar, Tasks and Notes) transferred, but could live with just Contacts > and Calendar until the conduit is finished. > > Any hope of getting AppleScript to do this? > -- 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/> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
