Hello Barry,

Thank you for your reply. You wrote, "I would use an AppleScript to assign
any such task to a Œdisplay¹ category." Does such a script already exist?

Richard


On 3/17/07 10:00 PM, "Entourage:mac Talk"
<[email protected]> wrote:

> From: Barry Wainwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 21:24:18 +0000
> Subject: Re: Custom task views and Boulean logic
> 
> On 17/03/2007 18:18, "[email protected]"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Ent 11.3.3
>> OX 10.4.8
>> 
>> Three of my categories are:
>> Phone ­ personal
>> Phone ­ specific work project
>> Phone ­ other work
>>  
>> I want to create a custom view that:
>> Shows all three phone categories together
>> Show only tasks that are due today or overdue
>> Shows only incomplete tasks
>>  
>> I create a new custom task view and add three criteria, each one with
>> ³Category Is² as one of the three above-listed categories.
>> Next to ³Match,² is have ³If any criteria are met²
>>  
>> Then I add three more criteria:
>> ³Is due today²
>> ³Is overdue²
>> ³Is incomplete²
>>  
>> Because I selected ³if any criteria are met,² the custom view now shows all
>> non-phone tasks that are either due today, overdue, or are incomplete.
>>  
>> Is there some way to set up the Boulean logic to that the task view will
>> show:
>> Is any of the three phone categories
>> And is due today
>> Or is overdue
>> And must simultaneously be incomplete.
>>  
>> Yikes! Thanks for your knowledge.
>>  
>> Richard
>> --
>> Richard Shane, Ph.D.
>> http://www.drshane.com
>> 1919 14th Street, Suite 812      Boulder, Colorado 80302      303.449.0778
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> Unfortunately, Entourage¹s simple logic doesn¹t allow for this sort of
> combination.
> 
> If I had such a task to do, I would use an AppleScript to assign any such task
> to a Œdisplay¹ category, then use a CV to display just that category.
> 
> -- 
> Barry


--
Richard Shane, Ph.D.
http://www.drshane.com
1919 14th Street, Suite 812      Boulder, Colorado 80302      303.449.0778


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