Get event organizer in iCal

WIth AppleScript, you can get the attendees of an event pretty easily -- it's listed in the dictionary. But, the list of attendees doesn't seem to contain the actual organizer of the event. Is there a way to get the organizer too?

Greetings,
You may wish to post your question in the AppleScript forum for questions on scripting / using AppleScript: http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=724
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get start date of item 2 of every event of calendar "School Calendar 09-10"
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make new event at end of calendar "Classes2" with properties {summary:"Alg I period 3", start date:date "Monday, April 19, 2010 10:30:00 AM", end date:date "Monday, April 19, 2010 11:25:00 AM"}
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title="this text can be pasted into a HTML editor">
tell application "iCal"
---------This is where you gather / set user data
display dialog "How many courses do you teach?" default answer ""
set courses to the text returned of the result as number
set slotA to ""
set slotB to ""
set slotC to ""
set slotD to ""
set slotE to ""
set slotF to ""
set slotG to ""
set slotH to ""
repeat with x from 1 to courses
set entered to text returned of (display dialog "Please enter the slot (A-H) and the course name, separating them with a comma:" default answer "")
set astid to AppleScript's text item delimiters
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ","
set {chosenslot, chosencourse} to {(entered's text item 1), (entered's text item 2)}
if chosenslot is "A" then
set slotA to chosencourse
end if
if chosenslot is "B" then
set slotB to chosencourse
end if
if chosenslot is "C" then
set slotC to chosencourse
end if
if chosenslot is "D" then
set slotD to chosencourse
end if
if chosenslot is "E" then
set slotE to chosencourse
end if
if chosenslot is "F" then
set slotF to chosencourse
end if
if chosenslot is "G" then
set slotG to chosencourse
end if
if chosenslot is "H" then
set slotH to chosencourse
end if
end repeat
set TargetCalendar to "Classes2"
--Predefined period times
set periodTimes to {{startTime:"08:30 AM", endTime:"09:25 AM"}, {startTime:"09:30 AM", endTime:"10:25 AM"}, {startTime:"10:30 AM", endTime:"11:25 AM"}, {startTime:"11:30 AM", endTime:"12:25 PM"}, {startTime:"12:30 PM", endTime:"01:25 PM"}, {startTime:"01:30 PM", endTime:"02:25 PM"}}
set Day1pattern to {slotA, slotB, slotC, slotD, slotE, slotF}
set Day2pattern to {slotG, slotH, slotA, slotD, slotE, slotB}
set Day3pattern to {slotF, slotC, slotG, slotD, slotE, slotH}
set Day4pattern to {slotB, slotA, slotF, slotD, slotE, slotC}
set Day5pattern to {slotH, slotG, slotB, slotD, slotE, slotA}
set Day6pattern to {slotC, slotF, slotH, slotD, slotE, slotG}
--Predefined period cycles
set Day1 to {slotA & " period 1", slotB & " period 2", slotC & " period 3", slotD & " period 4", slotE & " period 5", slotF & " Period 6 "}
set Day2 to {slotG & " period 1", slotH & " period 2", slotA & " period 3", slotD & " period 4", slotE & " period 5", slotB & " period 6"}
set Day3 to {slotF & " period 1", slotC & " period 2", slotG & " period 3", slotD & " period 4", slotE & " period 5", slotH & " period 6"}
set Day4 to {slotB & " period 1", slotA & " period 2", slotF & " period 3", slotD & " period 4", slotE & " period 5", slotC & " period 6"}
set Day5 to {slotH & " period 1", slotG & " period 2", slotB & " period 3", slotD & " period 4", slotE & " period 5", slotA & " period 6"}
set Day6 to {slotC & " period 1", slotF & " period 2", slotH & " period 3", slotD & " period 4", slotE & " period 5", slotG & " period 6"}
--Makes a "list of lists" so that all the period definitions are in one place
set periodCycle to {Day1, Day2, Day3, Day4, Day5, Day6}
set periodcycle2 to {Day1pattern, Day2pattern, Day3pattern, Day4pattern, Day5pattern, Day6pattern}
set isitacycleday to {"Day 1", "Day 2", "Day 3", "Day 4", "Day 5", "Day 6"}
--This repeat loop is using the cycle day definitions in the calendar named "School Calendar "A.Y.""
repeat with theEvent in (events of calendar "School Calendar 09-10")
if isitacycleday contains (summary of theEvent) then
--Gets the current day and the cycle day number
set cycleday to summary of theEvent
set cycleDate to (start date of theEvent) + 1 * hours
set cycleNumber to last character of cycleday as integer
--There are always 6 periods in every day
repeat with periodNumber from 1 to 6
--Gets the subject from periodCycle
set theSummary2 to item periodNumber of item cycleNumber of periodcycle2
set theSummary to item periodNumber of item cycleNumber of periodCycle
--Checks to see if there's a subject for this period, if not skips to next one
if theSummary2 is not "" then
set theStart to date (startTime of item periodNumber of periodTimes) of cycleDate
set theEnd to date (endTime of item periodNumber of periodTimes) of cycleDate
--Makes the event in the calender whose name is defined at the top of the script
make new event at end of calendar TargetCalendar with properties {summary:theSummary, start date:theStart, end date:theEnd}
end if
end repeat
end if
end repeat
end tell </pre>

Did it run faster in the past?
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Also, when using application tell statements, you should only target the application's terminology, since it will just pass back what it doesn't know how to do - in other words, try not to put anything in the statement except what you need from the application.
I don't have your iCal calendar events to play with, but a couple of tweaks to your code should improve the performance:
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title="this text can be pasted into the Script Editor">
---------This is where you gather / set user data
display dialog "How many courses do you teach?" default answer ""
set courses to the text returned of the result as number
set slotA to ""
set slotB to ""
set slotC to ""
set slotD to ""
set slotE to ""
set slotF to ""
set slotG to ""
set slotH to ""
repeat with x from 1 to courses
set entered to text returned of (display dialog "Please enter the slot (A-H) and the course name, separating them with a comma:" default answer "")
set astid to AppleScript's text item delimiters
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ","
set {chosenslot, chosencourse} to {(entered's text item 1), (entered's text item 2)}
if chosenslot is "A" then
set slotA to chosencourse
end if
if chosenslot is "B" then
set slotB to chosencourse
end if
if chosenslot is "C" then
set slotC to chosencourse
end if
if chosenslot is "D" then
set slotD to chosencourse
end if
if chosenslot is "E" then
set slotE to chosencourse
end if
if chosenslot is "F" then
set slotF to chosencourse
end if
if chosenslot is "G" then
set slotG to chosencourse
end if
if chosenslot is "H" then
set slotH to chosencourse
end if
end repeat
set TargetCalendar to "Classes2"
--Predefined period times
set periodTimes to {{startTime:"08:30 AM", endTime:"09:25 AM"}, {startTime:"09:30 AM", endTime:"10:25 AM"}, {startTime:"10:30 AM", endTime:"11:25 AM"}, {startTime:"11:30 AM", endTime:"12:25 PM"}, {startTime:"12:30 PM", endTime:"01:25 PM"}, {startTime:"01:30 PM", endTime:"02:25 PM"}}
set Day1pattern to {slotA, slotB, slotC, slotD, slotE, slotF}
set Day2pattern to {slotG, slotH, slotA, slotD, slotE, slotB}
set Day3pattern to {slotF, slotC, slotG, slotD, slotE, slotH}
set Day4pattern to {slotB, slotA, slotF, slotD, slotE, slotC}
set Day5pattern to {slotH, slotG, slotB, slotD, slotE, slotA}
set Day6pattern to {slotC, slotF, slotH, slotD, slotE, slotG}
--Predefined period cycles
set Day1 to {slotA & " period 1", slotB & " period 2", slotC & " period 3", slotD & " period 4", slotE & " period 5", slotF & " Period 6 "}
set Day2 to {slotG & " period 1", slotH & " period 2", slotA & " period 3", slotD & " period 4", slotE & " period 5", slotB & " period 6"}
set Day3 to {slotF & " period 1", slotC & " period 2", slotG & " period 3", slotD & " period 4", slotE & " period 5", slotH & " period 6"}
set Day4 to {slotB & " period 1", slotA & " period 2", slotF & " period 3", slotD & " period 4", slotE & " period 5", slotC & " period 6"}
set Day5 to {slotH & " period 1", slotG & " period 2", slotB & " period 3", slotD & " period 4", slotE & " period 5", slotA & " period 6"}
set Day6 to {slotC & " period 1", slotF & " period 2", slotH & " period 3", slotD & " period 4", slotE & " period 5", slotG & " period 6"}
--Makes a "list of lists" so that all the period definitions are in one place
set periodCycle to {Day1, Day2, Day3, Day4, Day5, Day6}
set periodcycle2 to {Day1pattern, Day2pattern, Day3pattern, Day4pattern, Day5pattern, Day6pattern}
set isitacycleday to {"Day 1", "Day 2", "Day 3", "Day 4", "Day 5", "Day 6"}
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tell application "iCal" to repeat with theEvent in (get events of calendar "School Calendar 09-10") --> only target iCal for what it knows
set cycleday to summary of theEvent --> might as well set the info
if cycleday is in isitacycleday then
--Gets the current day and the cycle day number
set cycleDate to (start date of theEvent) + 1 * hours
set cycleNumber to last character of cycleday as integer
--There are always 6 periods in every day
repeat with periodNumber from 1 to 6
--Checks to see if there's a subject for this period, if not skips to next one
if (item periodNumber of item cycleNumber of periodcycle2) is not "" then --> skip as much as possible
--Gets the subject from periodCycle
set theSummary to item periodNumber of item cycleNumber of periodCycle
set theStart to date (startTime of item periodNumber of periodTimes) of cycleDate
set theEnd to date (endTime of item periodNumber of periodTimes) of cycleDate
--Makes the event in the calender whose name is defined at the top of the script
make new event at end of calendar TargetCalendar with properties {summary:theSummary, start date:theStart, end date:theEnd}
end if
end repeat
end if
end repeat
</pre>

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