On 10/6/09 10:23 AM, "Dean Suhr" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am increasing the robustness of my backup of my Entourage database. Right > now in the middle of the night I quit Entourage, quit the database daemon > and backup the file using Synchronize Pro. Starting in 08, quitting the daemon does not quit Reminders. You really need to quit all Microsoft applications. <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2009/04/quit_all_microsoft_applications_befo re_backing_up.html> tell application "Microsoft Entourage" to quit tell application "Microsoft Database Daemon" to quit tell application "Microsoft Office Reminders" to quit tell application "My Day" to quit tell application "Microsoft Word" to quit tell application "Microsoft Excel" to quit tell application "Microsoft PowerPoint" to quit tell application "Microsoft Messenger" to quit > > I have, on occasion, left a draft message open which aborts the quit > process. The backup proceeds but I am sure the file is corrupt due to being > open when it backs up. The following line, which is what I am currently > using, does not work because it brings up a dialog box. > > tell application "Microsoft Entourage" to quit saving "yes" > > What I an seeking is a few lines of AppleScript to check for open windows > and if there are any to save all open windows as drafts. This has come up before and currently I know of no way to script this. This would be a great addition to the process. -- Diane -- YouTalk mailing list List address: [email protected] List information: http://entourage.mvps.org/support_options/list.html List moderator: [email protected], [email protected] To unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
