ICal UID error in applescript

Question

When I try and use the unique uid I get a 4 error when
So this applescript errors:
tell application "iCal"
tell calendar "work"
tell event "5C00DC4E-61A2-4333-9933-CCF56D26B232"
get summary
end tell
end tell
end tell
Of course that UID exist in my iCal
I made a work around, but its slow when there is a lost of events
set UID_List to {} as list
set Search_UID to "5C00DC4E-61A2-4333-9933-CCF56D26B232" -- or any UID you like
tell application "iCal"
tell calendar "work" -- or any calendar of your choice
tell every event
set UID_List to uid
end tell
set event_ID to 0
repeat with i from 1 to (count of UID_List)
if item i of UID_List is Search_UID then
set event_ID to i
end if
end repeat
end tell
end tell
if event_ID is not 0 then
tell application "iCal"
tell calendar "work"
tell event event_ID
get summary
end tell
end tell
end tell
end if
Can apple sort this bug? Or is there another way of IDing and calling an event?

Answer 1

Hi Bevan,
The following works for me. You also don't need to know which event the calendar is in.
set myUID to "5C00DC4E-61A2-4333-9933-CCF56D26B232"
tell application "iCal"
-- The next line returns a list with one item per calendar. Only one item should contain an event reference. The rest should contain 'missing value'.
set myCalsEventList to events of calendars whose uid is myUID
-- Loop through the items in the list
repeat with myEvent in items of myCalsEventList
-- Check this item does not contain 'missing value'. To avoid errors being returned about the event reference, make the item into a list. Perhaps there is a better way to check for 'missing value'?
if (myEvent as list) does not contain missing value then
-- Get info about the event.
get summary of myEvent
end if
end repeat
end tell
Best wishes
John M