Tasks from and to Entourage via AppleScript

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My employer uses Microsoft Exchange for email in a mostly Windows environment. As one of a smallish number of Mac users, I use Entourage for email, rather than a POP or IMAP client, because it supports many of the calendaring features of Exchange. I habitually create Entourage tasks from email messages in Entourage as well as some that I create directly.

When I discovered Mori, and more specifically Jim Harrison's GTD approach using it, I decided that I needed to give it a try. However, I also needed to be able to play nicely with my existing use of Entourage. These two scripts represent my first run at that.

Because I had a short dalliance with Dave Allen's hints for GTD in Entourage, I had my Entourage categories set for contexts (@computer, @home, etc.).

The first script, "Import Entourage", loops through incomplete tasks in Entourage, collects the name, category/context, due date, and notes, and then creates an entry in Mori (in Inbox) that replicates that information, setting the context column as explained by Jim Harrison, with the label set to blue. When I review the inbox I can change the label colour as appropriate and move the entry to the relevant folder from where I am trying to follow Jim's methods.

The second script grabs the current entry in Mori, harvests the essential data and creates a corresponding entry in Entourage where I can set a reminder if I wish.

Both scripts embed some text in the note so that the script can avoid duplicating entries.

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