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Re: How to display count of repeating events

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On 9/28/16, 2:32 AM, in article 2016092805322540488-garyw1@hotmailcom,
"Gary" <gary_w1@hotmail.com> wrote:

> It is important to remember to take 30 pills, one a day, starting
> October 1.  I want to create a daily repeating event in my Mac calendar
> that says something like Pill 1, Pill 2, ... up to Pill 30.  Is there
> some way to accomplish this in either MacOS or in IOS?
> 
> It's easy enough to create annual birthdays and show age, but it
> surprises me there isn't a straightforward way to do this with other
> than annual events.
> 
> Any suggestions (other than creating 30 events)?
> 

Use at your own risk and know I am NOT a programmer or scripter of any value
AT ALL, but I tested this (with a loop of 5) and it worked for me:

--------
tell application "Calendar"
  activate
  set theCount to 1
  set theDate to date "Saturday, October 1, 2016 at 6:00:00 PM"
  tell calendar "Test"
    repeat 30 times
      make new event with properties {description:"Take Pill " & theCount,
summary:"Take Pill " & theCount, start date:theDate}
      set theDate to theDate + 60 * 60 * 24
      set theCount to theCount + 1
    end repeat
  end tell
  reload calendars
end tell
--------

Loaded it in Script Editor, ran, and got five events. Be careful if the
"make new event" line wraps around.

You would need to change the name of the calendar to something other than
"Test" -- and no promises it will work, not give you acne, or anything else.


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How to display count of repeating events Gary <gary_w1@hotmail.com> - 2016-09-28 05:32 -0400
  Re: How to display count of repeating events Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-09-28 14:43 +0000
    Re: How to display count of repeating events Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-09-28 16:33 +0000
      Re: How to display count of repeating events Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2016-09-28 13:58 -0700
    Re: How to display count of repeating events Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2016-09-28 13:57 -0700
  Re: How to display count of repeating events Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-28 11:55 -0700
    Re: How to display count of repeating events Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-28 12:46 -0700
      Re: How to display count of repeating events android <here@there.was> - 2016-09-28 22:06 +0200
    Re: How to display count of repeating events Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2016-09-28 13:59 -0700
  Re: How to display count of repeating events Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-09-29 08:23 +1200
    Re: How to display count of repeating events Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2016-09-28 13:56 -0700
  Re: How to display count of repeating events Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2016-09-28 13:55 -0700
  Re: How to display count of repeating events Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2016-09-28 18:40 -0400
    Re: How to display count of repeating events Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-28 17:02 -0700
  Re: How to display count of repeating events Gary <gary_w1@hotmail.com> - 2016-09-28 20:38 -0400
    Re: How to display count of repeating events Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-09-29 13:59 +1200
    Re: How to display count of repeating events Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-28 19:24 -0700
    Re: How to display count of repeating events Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2016-09-28 19:57 -0700
    Re: How to display count of repeating events Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-09-29 04:30 +0000
      Re: How to display count of repeating events Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-28 21:44 -0700
    Re: How to display count of repeating events Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2016-09-29 08:19 -0400
      Re: How to display count of repeating events Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-29 09:41 -0700
        Re: How to display count of repeating events android <here@there.was> - 2016-09-29 20:38 +0200
          Re: How to display count of repeating events Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-29 11:57 -0700
            Re: How to display count of repeating events android <here@there.was> - 2016-09-30 03:11 +0200
              Re: How to display count of repeating events Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-29 18:14 -0700

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