[Diggory Laycock]

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone can see if I'm missing something here:

Is iCal's scripting rather weird? I seem to be able to create new calendars and events via applescript - but cannot "query" existing event objects.

e.g.

[php]
tell application "iCal"
set foo to event 1 of calendar 1
log foo
log class of foo
end tell
[/php]

doesn't work (NSCannotCreateScriptCommandError)

[php]
tell application "iCal"
set firstCal to first calendar
get description of firstCal

get every event of firstCal
end tell[/php]

also doesn't work ("iCal got an error: NSCannotCreateScriptCommandError")

Does iCal just not allow this kind of thing?

[suthercd]

Assuming you know the calendar number (if not you need to use a whode clause by title),[php]tell application "iCal"
set iCalendar to calendar 1
tell iCalendar
make new event with summary "My New Event"
end tell
end tell[/php]

You can use a try block with 'get first event whose summary is "My new Event"' to access the event. Add a date parameter to further define the shose clause if appropriate.

HTH
Craig

[larkost]

I am able to get information like this:

Code:
tell application "iCal"
	tell the first calendar
		get the start date of the first event
	end tell
end tell

[Diggory Laycock]

Hmmm - that gives me "NSCannotCreateScriptCommandError" - Is my copy of iCal broken? I am using v.1.5.3

[larkost]

Originally posted by Diggory Laycock:
Hmmm - that gives me "NSCannotCreateScriptCommandError" - Is my copy of iCal broken? I am using v.1.5.3

It could be... but I am also using a non 10.3 OS... so it could have been broken bug got fixed... someone with 10.3 want to verify?

Oh... and you do have a calendar defined in iCal, yes?

[Diggory Laycock]

I'm using an up to date version of the OS - that version was for iCal.

Yes - I have 4 calendars.

[Diggory Laycock]

How very bizarre - I just tried scripting iCal again - and now it's fine.

Must have been a temporary iCal spasm.

Thanks everyone.