This outline should help you quickly find how to get at most of the properties available in the Palm Desktop Application on Mac OS X, for use with AppleScript. It doesn't have quite everything, since it's tedious to extract. But the most common elements and properties should all be there.
Extracted from the dictionary as visible in Apple's Script Editor™ by Steven J. DeRose, November, 2008.
Container Outlineapplication calendar days events (cf) to dos (cf) addresses memos to dos attachments. to do occurrences events attachments. event occurrences attachments. categories. phone number labels. postal address labels. windows. |
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Class listaddress application attachment calendar day category custom field info Date Book entry event event occurrence item memo phone number phone number label postal address postal address label special info to do to do occurrence windowFor views: view, address view, memo view, to do view, text restriction, date restriction |
address n, pl addresses [inh. entry > item; see also Earlier Terms, Obsolete Terms]Address and other information about a person or contact
Contains: attachments
Contained by: application.
first name (international text) the first (given) name of the address book item
first name yomi (international text) the first (given) name yomi of the address book item (Japanese version of Palm Desktop only); NOTE: This is currently stored in custom nine
last name (international text) the last (sur) name of the address book item
last name yomi (international text) the last (sur) name yomi of the address book item (Japanese version of Palm Desktop only); NOTE: This is currently stored in custom ten
prefix (international text) the name prefix of the address book item
suffix (international text) the name suffix of the address book item
title (international text) the title of the address book item
company (international text) the company name of the address book item
company yomi (international text) the company yomi of the address book item (Japanese version of Palm Desktop only); NOTE: This is currently stored in custom eleven
division (international text) the division name of the address book item
full name (international text, r/o) the full (formal) name of the address book item (e.g., Mr. John Doe Jr.
)
full informal name (international text, r/o) the full, informal name of the address book item (e.g., John Doe
)
salutation name (international text, r/o) the name used for (formal) salutations of the address book item (e.g., Mr. Doe
)
salutation informal name (international text, r/o) the name used for informal salutations of the address book item (e.g., John
)
address one (postal address) the first postal address of the address book item
address two (postal address) the second postal address of the address book item
phone one (phone number) the first phone number of the address book item
phone two (phone number) the second phone number of the address book item
phone three (phone number) the third phone number of the address book item
phone four (phone number) the fourth phone number of the address book item
custom one [through twelve] (custom field info) the first [through twelfth] custom field of the address book item
birthday (date or text) the birthday of the address book item; when no year is specified, the value is a string with the month and day (e.g., October 13
)
comments (international text) the comment text of the address book item
modification date (date, r/o) the date and time the address book item was last modified
marked (boolean) Is the address book item marked?
special (special info, r/o) the special information of the address book item (used by scripts attached to address card buttons)
application n [inh. item]The Palm Desktop application
Contains: calendar days, addresses, memos, to dos, events, categories, phone number labels, postal address labels, windows.
name (international text, r/o) the application name
frontmost (boolean, r/o) Is this the frontmost application?
selection (list of reference, r/o) the selection visible to the user
version (international text, r/o) the version of the application
current event (reference, r/o) the event scheduled right now or nothing if no event is scheduled
category n, pl categories [inh. item; see also Obsolete Terms]A descriptive category for an item (e.g., Business
, Friends/Family
)
Contained by: application.
name (international text) the name of the item
id (integer, r/o) an id that identifies the category
color index (integer) the category color index (the specific RGB color depends on the application Decor preference)
custom field info nA record containing custom field information for an address book item
field title (international text) the title of the custom field
field text (international text) the value of the custom field
Date Book Classes representing date book items find available time vReturn the earliest available time with no events scheduled find available time [after date]the date and time to start searching; a calendar day or a date may be given (default is the current date and time) [duration seconds]the required duration in seconds (default is one minute) [all hours boolean]Search all hours? (Default is to search only work hours as set in application preferences.) → datethe date and time, or ‘missing value’ if no time is available calendar day n [inh. item]A calendar day, containing events and to dos on a particular date
Contains: events, to dos
Contained by: application.
name (international text, r/o) the name of the day (a date string)
id (date, r/o) a date that identifies the day
entry n, pl entries [inh. item]A data entry, e.g., an address, to do, or memo
Contains: attachments.
name (international text, r/o) the name of the item
id (integer, r/o) an id that identifies the item
primary category (category) the primary category of the item
secondary category (category) the secondary category of the item
private (boolean) Is the item private? (Private items are not accessible from AppleScript if hidden in the application.)
event n [inh. entry > item; see also Obsolete Terms]An appointment or event that occurs at a particular date and time
Contains: attachments, event occurrences
Contained by: application, calendar days.
title (international text) the title of the event
start time (date) the start date and time of the event; setting the start time changes the end time to keep the same duration
end time (date) the end date and time of the event; must be on the same date as the start time
duration (seconds) the duration of the event in seconds
all day event (boolean) Is this an all day event?
alarm (seconds) the alarm time in seconds before the event start, or ‘missing value’ if there is no alarm
event occurrence n [inh. event > entry > item] An occurrence of a recurring event on a particular date
Contains: attachments
Contained by: events.
event (reference, r/o) the event of which this is an occurrence
item nA scriptable object
class (type class, r/o) the class of the object
properties (record) property that allows getting/setting multiple properties
memo n [inh. entry > item; see also Earlier Terms, Obsolete Terms]A memo
Contains: attachments
Contained by: application.
title (international text) the title of the memo
contents (international text) the contents (body text) of the memo
creation date (date) the date and time the memo was created
modification date (date) the date and time the memo was last modified
phone number n [see also Obsolete Terms]A record containing phone number information for an address book item
label (reference) the descriptive label of the phone number; this can be a reference to a phone number label, a unique string for this phone number, or ‘missing value’
formatted number (international text) the phone number (without extension) formatted as specified in application preferences
raw number (international text) the phone number (without extension) without any formatting
extension (international text) the phone number extension
full formatted number (international text, r/o) the full formatted phone number with extension
dial string (international text, r/o) the string used for dialing the phone number (raw number with prefixes for outside line, long distance, etc., as specified in application preferences)
in menu (boolean) Is the phone number displayed in the Instant Palm Desktop menu?
phone number label n [inh. item; see also Obsolete Terms]A descriptive label for a phone number (e.g., Home
, Fax
)
Contained by: application.
name (international text) the name of the item
id (integer, r/o) an id that identifies the label
postal address n [see also Obsolete Terms]A record containing postal (street) address information for an address book item
label (reference) the descriptive label of the address; this can be a reference to a postal address label, a unique string for this postal address, or ‘missing value’
street address one (international text) the street address (line one)
street address two (international text) the street address (line two)
city (international text) the city of the address
state (international text) the state of the address
zip (international text) the zip code of the address
country (international text) the country of the address
formatted address (international text, r/o) the address formatted as set in application preferences
postal address label n [inh. item; see also Obsolete Terms]A descriptive label for a postal address (e.g., Work
, Home
)
Contained by: application.
name (international text) the name of the item
id (integer, r/o) an id that identifies the label
special info nMiscellaneous information used by scripts attached to address book item buttons (only valid while running an attached script)
button field text (international text, r/o) the field text of the custom field to which the script is attached
personalize (boolean, r/o) Personalize the letter template contents? (used by scripts attached to the letter attachment button)
template (file, r/o) the file containing the letter template (used by scripts attached to the letter attachment button)
save to fsspec (file specification, r/o) the file to save the new attached letter in, as a file specification (used by scripts attached to the letter attachment button)
save to filename (international text, r/o) the file to save the new attached letter in, as a string (used by scripts attached to the letter attachment button)
save to alias (alias, r/o) the file to save the new attached letter in, as an alias (used by scripts attached to the letter attachment button)
to do n [inh. entry > item; see also Obsolete Terms]A task to do by a due date or until completed
Contains: attachments, to do occurrences
Contained by: application, calendar days.
title (international text) the title of the to do item
due date (date) the due date of the task, or ‘missing value’ if there is no due date
reminder (integer) the number of days before the due date to display a reminder of the uncompleted task, or ‘missing value’ if there is no reminder
completed (boolean) Has the task been completed? Setting this to true will set ‘completion date’ to the current date.
completion date (date) the date the task was completed, or ‘missing value’ if the task has not been completed; setting this will also update ‘completed’
priority (highest/high/medium/low/lowest) the priority of the to do item
carry over (boolean) Display the item on today’s list of to dos until completed, even when past the due date?
to do occurrence n [inh. to do > entry > item]An occurrence of a recurring to do on a particular date
Contains: attachments
Contained by: to dos.
to do (reference, r/o) the to do of which this is an occurrence
window n [inh. item]A window
Contained by: application.
name (international text, r/o) the name of the window
index (integer, r/o) the number of the window in the front-to-back layer ordering
id (integer, r/o) an id that identifies the window
position (point) the upper left position of the window
bounds (bounding rectangle, r/o) the boundary rectangle for the window
closeable (boolean, r/o) Does the window have a close box?
titled (boolean, r/o) Does the window have a title bar?
floating (boolean, r/o) Does the window have a title bar?
modal (boolean, r/o) Is the window modal?
resizable (boolean, r/o) Is the window resizable?
zoomable (boolean, r/o) Is the window zoomable?
zoomed (boolean, r/o) Is the window zoomed?
visible (boolean, r/o) Is the window visible (always true for open Finder windows)?
frontmost (boolean) Is this the frontmost window?
"Earlier Terms" are not included in this summary. Sorry.
"Obsolete Terms" are not included in this summary. Sorry.