The following code does not work:
Tell application “Contacts”
Set thePerson to the first person whose (first name is “Frank” and last name is “Holden”
Tell thePerson
Set oldNote to the note
Set the note to “testing”
End tell
End tell
Mac mini 2018 or later
What error are you getting?
You're missing a ')' in Set thePerson
You can also use Shortcuts with Contacts to:
Thank you for the reply. the following code results in the error message: Can’t set «class az37» of «class azf4» to "testing 2".
I have a contact Test Person
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property fName : "Test"
property lName : "Person"
tell application "Contacts"
try
set thePerson to the first person whose (first name is fName and last name is lName)
set theName to the (name of thePerson as text)
set theNote to the note of thePerson as text
display dialog theName & return & return & theNote --> results in "Test Person: testing 1"
set the note of the person to "testing 2" as text
save
on error theError
display dialog theError
end try
end tell
after fixing the error in the above code: the person --> thePerson the code appears to work.
Thank you for holding my hand.
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Can applescript work with the Contacts app?
