thanks! Andy Fragen helped me modify my original script which ended in a working solution. Looking now on the solution you came up with, I think it interesting to see how different AS approaches can be!
Thanks to all who chimed in on this one. ---marlyse ------------ former message(s) quotes: ------------- >(* The above script will act on the message selected, or list of messages >selected in the Mail Browser window. You will get two dialogs; One >prompting you to choose a calendar from a list of your editable >calendars, The second prompts you to choose how many days until the >message is due. The ToDo summary will include the text in the property >replyPrompt and the name of the sender of the message. The text of the >properties can be modified to; include a different message, scale or >extend the list of due date numbers. Modify or fix the script as you >will, if it doesn't work as you want. *) ><End AppleScript> > >HTH > >cheshirekat