Yeah sure, I can spend a couple of days learning just about anything, right now my plate if very full. I am currently learning 3D modeling and animation, Video Editing and DVD authoring, ProTools, Reason and Digital Performer. My brain is on overload! I really don't want to have to try and learn something new when I should be able to do what I want within Entourage using "Rules".
on 5/13/04 4:44 PM, Barry Wainwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Scripts aren't that difficult to use when you have grasped the concepts - > that doesn't often take more than a couple of days playing with applescript. > > Here's a start for the example that was given: > > Tell app "microsoft entourage" > Set triggerDate to current date - 7*days > Set theMessages to every message of folder "inbox" whose sent time < > triggerDate > Move theMessages to folder "Archives" > End tell > > Reading through the script should immediately give the idea of what is > happening, but do be careful - the english-like nature of applescript can > give false impressions of it's simplicity. It is still a highly structured > language with a precise and exact syntax - get that wrong and the script > won't work - it can't 'guess' at your meaning. However, the initial learning > curve is quickly mastered for most people and there is plenty of willing > help here for anyone that wants to learn. > > -- > Barry Wainwright > Microsoft MVP (see http://mvp.support.microsoft.com for details) > Seen the Entourage FAQ pages? - Check them out: > <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/toc.html> > > >> From: Joshua Yeidel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 14:04:31 -0700 >> To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: Office 2004 still can't execute scheduled scripts? >> >> >> I think the issue here is that the Rules construction interface is much >> simpler than determining how to use AppleScript syntax for these tasks. A >> schedule can trigger an AppleScript; now, if an Applescript can apply a >> rule to a set of messages/maiboxes, I think we'd have something Mark could >> use easily. >> >> -- Joshua >> >> >> On 5/13/04 1:46 PM, "Barry Wainwright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> On 13/5/04 8:24 pm, "Mark Goodman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> There are many reasons but here's one example: At 6:00 AM run a script that >>>> moves all read messages in my Inbox that are older than seven days, that >>>> are >>>> set to category "faxes", and move them to the "Fax Archive" folder. At the >>>> same time, strip the PDF attachments and save them to a �Fax Storage� >>>> folder >>>> on my hard drive. >>>> >>> >>> All of these things can be done with a moderately simple applescript, and a >>> schedule can be set to run this script at 6:00pm >> >> -- >> 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/> >> > > > -- > 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/> > -- 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/>
