ICal Looping?
I recently migrated to a new MBP8,3 running the latest Lion update 10.7.4. I migrated email and outlook calandars from my aging Windows XP system. I have noticed an apparent iCal problem. Today the fan came on when there wasn't any obvious reason. I opened system.log and found huge numbers of messages from iCal:
May 31 14:04:11 dv-macbook-pro iCal[4818]: VTIMEZONE does not match System Time Zone (America/Los_Angeles) for 19440319T000000 to 19460319T000000: (
"interval: 2001-01-01 00:00:00 +0000, offset: 0"
) != (
"interval: 1945-09-30 01:00:00 -0800, offset: -28800"
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles
TZID:America/Los_Angeles
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZNAME:PDT
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
DTSTART:19700308T020000
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZNAME:PST
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
DTSTART:19701101T020000
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
May 31 14:04:11 dv-macbook-pro iCal[4818]: Unexpected EOF, returning last token as fallback
It appears to be writing 20-30 of these messages per second!
What does this mean and how can I stop it?
Check to see if you have Timezone Support turned on in iCal.
iCal-->Preferences-->Advanced-->Turn on Time Zone Support.
If you don't need it turn it off. If you do need it, make sure your Date and Time preferences are properly set for the computer.
System Preferences-->Date and Time-->Time Zone
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try
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on error
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try
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on error
loop
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tell application "iCal"
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set cntrMatch to 0
set cntrCopied to 0
repeat with thisEventOld in events of thisCalOld
repeat with thisEventNew in events of thisCalNew
set isOKtoProceedWithCopy to true
if (start date of thisEventNew = start date of thisEventOld) and (summary of thisEventNew = summary of thisEventOld) then
--Don't copy
set cntrMatch to cntrMatch + 1
set isOKtoProceedWithCopy to false
exit repeat
end if
end repeat
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set theStamp to stamp date of thisEventOld
set theAllDay to allday event of thisEventOld
set theURL to url of thisEventOld
set theRecur to recurrence of thisEventOld
set theEndDt to end date of thisEventOld
set theClass to class of thisEventOld
set theStartDt to start date of thisEventOld
set theDesc to description of thisEventOld
set theSummary to summary of thisEventOld
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set theSeq to sequence of thisEventOld
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set thePropList to {}
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set thePropList to thePropList & {url:theURL}
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set thePropList to thePropList & {recurrence:theRecur}
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set thePropList to thePropList & {end date:theEndDt}
end if
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set thePropList to thePropList & {class:theClass}
end if
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set thePropList to thePropList & {start date:theStartDt}
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end if
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set thePropList to thePropList & {excluded dates:theExcludeDt}
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Best wishes
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+The account "Exchange" currently can’t be modified. To discard your changes and continue using the version of your calendars that’s on the server, click Revert to Server. To save your changes on your computer until the problem is resolved, click Go Offline.+
Clicking Revert or Try Again just pops up the dialog again with a similar error about another event. The system log message is
iCal: error = Error Domain=CalExchangeErrorDomain Code=-14 ... iCal can’t delete an occurrence from the repeating the event... from the Exchange server.
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dan
count every event of calendar "School Calendar 09-10"
176
get summary of item 1 of every event of calendar "School Calendar 09-10"
"Day 5"
get summary of item 1 of every event of calendar "School Calendar 09-10"
"Day 5"
get start date of item 1 of every event of calendar "School Calendar 09-10"
date "Monday, April 5, 2010 12:00:00 AM"
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event id "879D03C6-24CE-49C8-AB3B-D216FF4CF148" of calendar id "186E5DE2-8E33-492F-9F76-D0EF292B98D8"
make new event at end of calendar "Classes2" with properties {summary:" Pre Calc B period 3", start date:date "Monday, April 5, 2010 10:30:00 AM", end date:date "Monday, April 5, 2010 11:25:00 AM"}
event id "1AF62B85-F074-4E93-A03F-89CFD79A59A6" of calendar id "186E5DE2-8E33-492F-9F76-D0EF292B98D8"
make new event at end of calendar "Classes2" with properties {summary:" IB Math period 4", start date:date "Monday, April 5, 2010 11:30:00 AM", end date:date "Monday, April 5, 2010 12:25:00 PM"}
event id "CCB9EE0D-870E-43EA-AA39-3DAE2BCB23F8" of calendar id "186E5DE2-8E33-492F-9F76-D0EF292B98D8"
get summary of item 2 of every event of calendar "School Calendar 09-10"
"Day 3"
get summary of item 2 of every event of calendar "School Calendar 09-10"
"Day 3"
get start date of item 2 of every event of calendar "School Calendar 09-10"
date "Monday, April 19, 2010 12:00:00 AM"
make new event at end of calendar "Classes2" with properties {summary:" Pre Calc F period 1", start date:date "Monday, April 19, 2010 8:30:00 AM", end date:date "Monday, April 19, 2010 9:25:00 AM"}
event id "F8A5B643-7758-437B-919E-65C0EBF043EA" of calendar id "186E5DE2-8E33-492F-9F76-D0EF292B98D8"
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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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?
The events are happening as your script is generating them - for example, you get the event summary to compare in an if statement, then get it again when you assign it to a variable. The Script Editor's *Event Log* is handy in this case to see when you are creating a lot of extraneous or duplicate events.
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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---------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.""
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> -
Trouble with a script that deletes event in iCal
Used this script over the summer and it worked fine. Can't figure out the issue now, but it isn't working. Here is a few lines of the output I get and then the error I get is at the bottom. I'll post the full script at the bottom of this posting. Error # -1728??? File doesn;t exist?
Thanks,
dan
get summary of item 2 of every event of calendar "Untitled"
--> "Enviro C Lab Period 3-4"
get summary of item 2 of every event of calendar "Untitled"
--> "Enviro C Lab Period 3-4"
get description of item 2 of every event of calendar "Untitled"
--> missing value
get status of item 2 of every event of calendar "Untitled"
--> none
get start date of item 2 of every event of calendar "Untitled"
--> date "Tuesday, April 26, 2011 10:30:00 AM"
get summary of item 2 of every event of calendar "Untitled"
--> "Enviro C Lab Period 3-4"
get end date of item 2 of every event of calendar "Untitled"
--> date "Tuesday, April 26, 2011 11:55:00 AM"
get allday event of item 2 of every event of calendar "Untitled"
--> false
make new event at end of every event of calendar "Untitled" with properties {status:none, start date:date "Tuesday, April 26, 2011 10:30:00 AM", summary:"Enviro C Lab Period 3-4", end date:date "Tuesday, April 26, 2011 12:25:00 PM", allday event:false}
--> event id "AF27EFB6-3949-4977-A153-1EFE31FD8206" of calendar id "0EDA6DFD-52AD-4E7F-BC81-984CFF7D3F39"
delete item 2 of every event of calendar "Untitled"
--> error number -1728 from item 2 of every event of calendar "Untitled"
Result:
error "iCal got an error: Can’t get item 2 of every event of calendar \"Untitled\"." number -1728 from item 2 of every event of calendar "Untitled"
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tell application "iCal"
repeat with theEvent in (events of calendar "Untitled")
set control to {}
set control to summary of theEvent
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to space
set theSummary to summary of theEvent
set textSummary to text items of theSummary
if the third item of textSummary is "Lab" then
if the fifth item of textSummary is "5-6" then
get theEvent
set theDescription to description of theEvent
set theStatus to status of theEvent
set theStartDate to (start date of theEvent) - 0.5 * hours
set theSummary to summary of theEvent
set theEndDate to end date of theEvent
set theAllDay to allday event of theEvent
set newEvent to (make new event at end of events of calendar "Untitled" with properties {status:theStatus, start date:theStartDate, summary:theSummary, end date:theEndDate, allday event:theAllDay})
set oldEvent to ""
set theEvent to oldEvent
get theEvent
delete theEvent
end if
if the fifth item of textSummary is "3-4" then
get theEvent
set theDescription to description of theEvent
set theStatus to status of theEvent
set theStartDate to start date of theEvent
set theSummary to summary of theEvent
set theEndDate to (end date of theEvent) + 0.5 * hours
set theAllDay to allday event of theEvent
set newEvent to (make new event at end of events of calendar "Untitled" with properties {status:theStatus, start date:theStartDate, summary:theSummary, end date:theEndDate, allday event:theAllDay})
delete theEvent
end if
end if
end repeat
end tell
</pre>Hello
The posted event log indicates some inconsistent behaviour of iCal in referencing item 2 of every event. I.e., it could access it first and failed to do so after a new event is created. Scent of bug here. Or possibly inserting ugly small delay after event creation might let the script delete the newly created event...
Anyway, the 'by index' reference form of object must be used very carefully when object can be deleted or added dynamically.
Also I wish to add that it is not recommended to use an object specifier, that returns list of objects, as the base list for repeat statement, such as :
--CODE1
-- # not recommended
repeat with theEvent of (events of calendar "Untitled")
-- omitted
end repeat
--END OF CODE1
Instead, you'd better get the list first and use it, such as :
--CODE2
-- # recommended
repeat with theEvent of (get events of calendar "Untitled")
-- omitted
end repeat
--END OF CODE2
The reason is as follows.
In CODE1, the iterator is assigned as item k of events of calendar "Untitled", where k iterates from 1 to count of events of calendar "Untitled" at the time of loop entrance. The problem is that this list of events is dynamic list which may change when event is deleted or added, and consequently item k as iterator may no longer refer to the item k of the original collection of events.
In CODE2, the iterator is assigned as item k of a static list which is obtained by statement 'get events of calendar "Untitled" at the time of loop entrance. If the event object is returned in 'by ID' reference form (or any form other than that depends upon index in the container), item k as iterator is guaranteed to refer to the item k of the original collection of events whether or not collection changes.
Thus you may try something like this :
--SCRIPT
(* not tested *)
tell application "iCal"
tell calendar "Untitled"
repeat with theEvent in (get its events) -- # get the objects list
set theEvent to theEvent's contents -- # dereference each once
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {space}
set textSummary to text items of summary of theEvent
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {""} -- # reset astid
if item 3 of textSummary is "Lab" then
if item 5 of textSummary is "5-6" then
tell theEvent
set prop to {¬
start date:(its start date) - 0.5 * hours, ¬
end date:its end date, ¬
status:its status, ¬
summary:its summary, ¬
allday event:its allday event}
end tell
make new event at end of events with properties prop
delete theEvent
end if
if item 5 of textSummary is "3-4" then
tell theEvent
set prop to {¬
start date:its start date, ¬
end date:(its end date) + 0.5 * hours, ¬
status:its status, ¬
summary:its summary, ¬
allday event:its allday event}
end tell
make new event at end of events with properties prop
delete theEvent
end if
end if
end repeat
end tell
end tell
--END OF SCRIPT
Hope this may help,
H
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