Calendar refuses to create an event

AppleScript
#1

I’m sorry to use the forum just for that but it looks like ASUL has again unsubscribed me and that group.io has yet to process my posts…

I have a properly working script before Catalina that created an event based on arbitrary data I fed it. Now it won’t work.

Here is the gist:

tell application "Calendar"
    set myJob to make new event in calendar "翻訳" with properties {allday event:true, status:confirmed, start date:(date "Tuesday, October 22, 2019 0:00:00"), end date:(date "Wednesday, October 23, 2019 0:00:00"), description:"test", summary:"test", location:"test", url:"test"}
    show myJob
end tell

and the error is “AppleEvent Handler failed”

which is quite inconvenient. Is there a way around that ?

I’m also thinking of just creating an ICS file that I’ll open in Calendar, which will be better for archiving purposes to.

#2

Considering the number of views and the lack of reply, I guess that’s a local issue that nobody can reproduce ? I wouldn’t be surprised.

I guess the ICS file creation workaround will do. But the weird thing (unrelated to AS though) is that there is no way to set a calendar in an ICS file. (the "in calendar “翻訳” part in the code above), so I have to manually select the calendar and validate the choice at each new event creation. It’s minor hassle but I so wish the above code worked nicely…

#3

I’m guessing very few people here are running Catalina.

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#4

Because it sucks when AS is concerned (especially) ?

#5

I don’t know that the lack of love is AppleScript specific.

#6

When I remove the property status:confirmed, your code works.

tell application “Calendar”
set newCal to make new event in calendar 1 with properties {allday event:true, start date:(date “Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at 12:00:00 AM”), end date:(date “Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 12:00:00 AM”), description:“test”, summary:“test”, location:“test”, url:“test”}
end tell

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#7

You just saved me countless debugging hours. Thank you.