Re: Can't set Palm Desktop custom fields
Re: Can't set Palm Desktop custom fields
- Subject: Re: Can't set Palm Desktop custom fields
- From: Irwin Poche <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 21:56:59 -0500
Raw codes? Smile? Sounds like fun. Care to educate me?
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From: "Jason W. Bruce" <email@hidden>
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Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 13:36:13 -0500
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To: <email@hidden>
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Subject: Re: Can't set Palm Desktop custom fields
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The setting of custom fields in the Palm Desktop is broken in Palm Desktop
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2.6. Although this version changed the dictionary from prior versions, it
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still claims to retain the same apple events. So, if you have Palm Desktop
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2.0 (or perhaps 2.5) lying around, you may be able to use Smile to ascertain
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the raw codes for setting a custom field, and then use raw codes in your
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present script.
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Jason Bruce
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> Message: 10
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> Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 07:00:09 -0500
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> Subject: Can't set Palm Desktop custom fields
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> From: Irwin Poche <email@hidden>
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> To: <email@hidden>
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> Hi - this is my first post to this list.
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> If I try to set one of the custom fields of an address with either of these
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> scripts...
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> tell application "Palm Desktop"
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> set text of custom 5 of address 0 to "howdy"
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> end tell
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> tell application "Palm Desktop"
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> set custom 5 of address 0 to "howdy"
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> end tell
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> I get an Execution Error that reads "Palm Desktop got an error" Can't set
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> custom 5 of address 0 to "howdy".
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> Since the value returned from "custom 5 of address 0" is a string (not a
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> list) something like "title:Sister, text:Cindy" I've tried a variety of
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> combinations of strings (and lists) that look like this and they all fail.
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> Does anyone know how to set a custom field ?
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> Thanks a bunch,
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> Irwin
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