iCal event at certian time?

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#1

I would like applescript to look through my day’s ical events and if it sees something scheduled say a Dentist appointment at 3PM to give an alert box that says “You have a Densist Appointment at 3PM”

I am very new to applescript but the forums and the very helpful people here have made the process of learning easy and fun. I appreciate any help or input. Thank you!

#2

Why not just have iCal notify you of the events on its own?

#3

Ive tried that, I want to do it through applescript so i can intergrate it within my other automated actions and it can announce it for upcoming events.

#4

Can you expand on that Corbin?

iCal can run an AppleScript as an alarm. Could you not use a script as an alarm that would take the event’s info and pass it on to another script?

#5

I think what he wants is for an applescript to collect all events of the day/week or specified and then post a message providing like a summary of all the events.

#6

If it is done through applescript i can have it send me an email or text message to my phone that will list my days events. I can have iCal do it easily but it doesnt offer even close to the functionality that I need. I would just like iCal to use applescript to generate a list of the days events by order of time.

#7

Another option is to use isync and sync up your calendar through that since it’ll be formatted and you can navigate through it easier then a text based ical script just a suggestion …

another option is

http://www.smsmac.com/en/applescript.php

#8

That last option will work, however not as elegant as the solution I have so far, it can only text message a cell phone and only 1 text message per event. I am not only sending to a cell phone. I would like to just generate a text list of the days events broken down by time
example:

Today is March 21, 2006
it is Jeff’s Birthday, and Mary’s House Party
You have a Dentist Appointment at 3PM
You have a Dinner Appointment at 6PM at Sardies

something like that.

#9

I thought he was looking for something else, as he already has a thread about that.

iCal Holiday or upcoming events using applescript

#10

Oh didn’t realize he had two threads…:slight_smile:

#11

I posted suggestions for both in the other thread.