My question is, do you have any suggestions for a work-around when we all get transferred to the “new and improved” Google forms? My understanding is that there will no longer be a way to enter numbers through a form (numbers get an automatic single quote inserted in front of them, thereby rendering them as text) in the new forms. In order to make scripts like this work, a user would have to go into the spreadsheet, delete the single quote in front of the date field, and then run the script from the sheet for every single entry. This kind of bypasses the whole point of the automation – it’s a potential roadblock for keeping my coworkers engaged and adds a whole new workload for me. Any ideas on a fix?

//Inicia código para llamar calendarios
var cal_JALISCO = CalendarApp.getOwnedCalendarsByName(“JALISCO”);
var cal_MORELOS = CalendarApp.getOwnedCalendarsByName(“MORELOS”);
var cal_MEXICO = CalendarApp.getOwnedCalendarsByName(“MEXICO”);
//Termina código para llamar calendarios

// Inicia código para nombrar columnas
var ss=SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet=SpreadsheetApp.setActiveSheet(ss.getSheets()[0]); //need a routine to set active sheet by name?
//go defensive
var col_JALISCO, col_MEXICO, col_MORELOS=1;
var maxcols=sheet.getMaxColumns();
for (var j=1;j<=maxcols;j++){
var header= sheet.getRange(1, j, 1, 1).getValue();
switch(header){
case "Added to Google":col_added=j-1;
case "JALISCO":col_JALISCO=j-1; break;
case "MORELOS":col_MORELOS=j-1; break;
case "MEXICO": col_MEXICO=j-1; break;
case "Subject": col_Subject=j-1; break;
case "Location": col_Location=j-1; break;
case "Start Date": col_Start=j-1; break;
case "End Date": col_End=j-1; break;
case "Description": col_Description=j-1; break;
case "Color": col_Color=j-1; break;
default:
}
}
//termina código para nombrar columnas

// Inicia código de actualización de calendarios
var startRow = 2; // First row of data to process
var numRows = 10 // Number of rows to process
var dataRange = sheet.getRange(startRow, 1, numRows, 100);
var data = dataRange.getValues();

for (i in data) {
var row = data[i];
var title = row[col_Title]; // First column
var desc = row[col_Description]; // Second column
var added = row[col_added];
var tstart = row[col_Start];
var tstop = row[col_End];
var loc = row[col_Location];
var color = row [col_Color];
var reminder = row [col_Reminder];
var JALISCO=row[col_JALISCO]; // is this event one to "Add" to the broadcast calendar?
var MORELOS=row[col_MORELOS]; // is this event one to "Add" to the itunes calendar? etc
var MEXICO=row[col_MEXICO];
if (added!="Added") { //the calendar(s) have not been updated for this event
if (JALISCO=="Add") {
cal_JALISCO.createEvent(title, tstart,tstop, {description:desc}); //add the event to the "broadcast" calendar
dataRange.getCell(parseInt(i)+1,col_JALISCO+1).setValue('Added'); // Replace "Add" with "Added"; +1 is offset for sheet numbering
}
if (MORELOS=="Add"){
cal_MORELOS.createEvent(title, tstart,tstop, {description:desc});
dataRange.getCell(parseInt(i)+1,col_MORELOS+1).setValue('Added'); // Replace "Add" with "Added"; +1 is offset for sheet numbering
}
if (MEXICO=="Add"){
cal_MEXICO.createEvent(title, tstart,tstop, {description:desc});
dataRange.getCell(parseInt(i)+1,col_MEXICO+1).setValue('Added'); // Replace "Add" with "Added"; +1 is offset for sheet numbering
}
// etc for each channel
var v = parseInt(i)+2; // +2 is an offset to do with the numbering of rows and the "blank" header row 0;
sheet.getRange(v, 1, 1, 1).setValue("Added"); //set the fact that we have updated the calendars for this event
}
}
//termina código para actualización de calendarios

Sorry guys! I’m completely new to scripts; I’m looking for a way to get my job done and I supposed the answer should be in here…

var cal = CalendarApp.getCalendarById(“ebrahim.makda@gmail.com”);

Can anyone currently get openbyname or getcalendersbyname to work?

to
CalendarApp.getCalendarsByName(“broadcastDemo”);

to make it work

I want to change the status to “Add” if i edit any column in a row. Is it possible.