Thanks. It works perfectly. I really like being able to see the Birthday on
my Palm. Now, all I need to do is precede the Birthday with the literal
"Birthday : ". Thanks again.
Peter
Allen WatsonPeter Wait
> Sorry, I presumed you were using the correct field name. The note field is
> actually called "description". Change that, it'll work.
>
> Check the Entourage dictionary; open dictionary in Script Editor and select
> Microsoft Entourage; you'll see all the contact fields listed under
> "contact" in the last section of the dictionary.
>
> On or near 7/25/2002 6:01 PM, Peter Wait at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed:
>
>> Allen WatsonPeter Wait
>>
>>> On or near 7/25/2002 4:55 PM, Peter Wait at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed:
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I�m going to start with Birthday. My first attempt follows:
>>>>>
>>>>> tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
>>>>> set nbbd to every contact whose birthday � ""
>>>>> repeat with i from 1 to (count nbbd)
>>>>> set c to item i of nbbd
>>>>> tell c to set its note to (get its birthday)
>>>>> end repeat
>>>>> end tell
>>>>>
>>>>> But how do I specify, to put the birthday in the note after any lines that
>>>>> are already there, if any are; and not to just overlay the existing note?
>>>>>
>>> Like this:
>>>
>>> tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
>>> set nbbd to every contact whose birthday � ""
>>> repeat with i from 1 to (count nbbd)
>>> set c to item i of nbbd
>>> set temp to c�s note
>>> tell c to set its note to (temp & return & (get its birthday))
>>> end repeat
>>> end tell
>>
>> I tried this script, and get the error message: �Can�t get �note of Contact
>> id 1��. My first contact, at least in ascending name sequence, does have a
>> note.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>
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