I should have been more clear - I have been quitting all of these applications. The core focus of my question was of the closing and saving as DRAFT of open messages.
In light of your response I'll have to be more careful to not leave messages in process and I will make a formal input to Microsoft. Dean On 10/6/09 3:03 PM, "Diane Ross" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- 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
