On 10/8/05 7:24 AM, "Jim Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 10/7/05 11:05 AM, "Dan Frakes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Does anyone know if there's a way to edit a single instance of a recurring >> event? > > Paul has answered already, but I think this is a good topic for the list, so > I'll ask again: An odd way of saying "I don't really believe you", or "too good to be true"? > > In the past, if I have recurring events and I try to change one instance in > a series, a dialog pops up and asks if I want to change just this event or > the whole series. When I've responded "just this instance", it has SEEMED to > work, but then subsequently I find duplicated events, or non-deletable > events (can't remove a duplicate without losing a whole bunch of the events > in the series, etc.). > > Paul, are you saying that this behavior has been fixed in SP2? In SP 1 and earlier, it was impossible to change anything in the "just this instance" except the start time - and the end time changed accordingly to keep the event duration constant. You couldn't change location, notes, reminder, or anything else. I've never found duplicated instances. You may be right about the exception instance becoming undeletable - I'm not sure. (That was the only other thing you could do with a single instance - delete it.) In SP 2, you can change anything at all in the "just this instance": location, subject, notes, reminder, end time, whatever. What happens is that it becomes "separated out" or "broken off" from the recurring event as a unique non-recurring event. If you open this instance again later, after saving the changes, you'll see it's now "non-recurring", with the <Occurs: Once Only> button dimmed. In custom views like "All Events", it now has its own entry. I haven't been using it long enough to note any untoward behavior, and I doubt there will be any. Separating it out as a single instance should make it simple and not prone to breaking, The recurring event also now is also not "hiding" a weird instance, so it's unlikely you'll see any corrupt behavior: it merely has "exceptions". Effectively, one instance has been deleted from the recurring series, and a separate, plain non-recurring event has been created. It should work fine. To my surprise, I see that even the new 'calculate recurring dates for' AppleScript command gets only the unchanged instances of the recurring event too, carefully omitting the ones that have been removed and replaced by individual instances. To me, that indicates that the thing is really solid - no corruption or confusion underneath. You'll have to let us know if you find otherwise, but this looks good to me. -- 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/>
