On 8/16/05 2:26 PM, "Barry Wainwright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 16/8/05 16:06, "Rod D. Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Anyway, I'm getting a slew of these emails and would like to import them >> directly (either to Filemaker or Entourage) rather than have to task >> volunteers with manual data input. It's getting to be a big pain. > > Now you have confused me. > > You say you want to import these emails into entourage? Well, where are they > now? Are you not receiving them in entourage? I think what he really means is that he wants to process the labeled contents of the message content into Entourage CONTACTS, assigning the various fields. Rod, this is a fairly common sort of request. It can be done by script, but the script has to parse the contents knowing in advance every possible label that might occur and what they mean. (For example, you have "Home" and "Work" labels that here mean "phone number" but they might equally mean "email address" or something else in different contexts.) The script has to be customized for every person wanting such a thing. My experience of doing this sort of thing once for someone turned into an endless saga, as it became clear that there were umpteen versions of this software being used in various browsers, all with slightly different text formats using plain text and HTML formats, labels subtly different "Home Phone", "Home phone number", etc. etc.). There was never any end to it. I wouldn't do it again. It's really best if the person who wants this knows how to script and can keep making changes as needed. -- Paul Berkowitz MVP MacOffice Entourage FAQ Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq/index.html> AppleScripts for Entourage: <http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/> PLEASE always state which version of Microsoft Office you are using - **2004**, X or 2001. It's often impossible to answer your questions otherwise. -- 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/>
