Aw, come on now Damien. Why don't we give some good advice and possible recommendations, rather than off handedly trash DRE's client for poor program choices;)
I do agree with Damien, Outlook is a very poor choice for this (or any other) type of application. That being said, what you ask is not entirely impossible. It really depends upon your client's internal architecture. Is your client using Exchange? Is their app an Exchange based app? Are they using a custom form Outlook application? Where is Outlook housed (client machine, server, etc.)? Is there currently scripting within Outlook to prevent double location bookings, or is this something you must build into the server side processing of your application? Having answered these questions, if you are still using Outlook, you'll want to look at the specs for vCal. You can find a great deal of information on programming for Outlook at msdn.microsoft.com. Sue Mosher's slipstick.com has been a resource for Outlook developer's since the Office '97 days (she has also written several informative books). Doing a search, I see that she's expanded to OutlookCode.com. CFComet has always been a good resource for CF/MS Office integration as well (http://cfregex.com/cfcomet/outlook/ for outlook specific help). Chris Wigginton posted a vCal UDF library (http://www.cflib.org/udf.cfm?ID=385). I personally can't imagine why anyone would write a reservations or property management package based upon Outlook? But, then again, every music scheduling program (that I know of) for radio stations are built on top of Access databases (which may be part of the reason you hear the same 1,000 or so songs over and over again on most radio stations). In any event, I hope some of the above information assists you. Cutter Damien McKenna wrote: >>-----Original Message----- >>From: DRE [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>Hi, I have a customer that has an app that manages properties. People >>can reserve rooms and auditoriums and or whatever is on various >>properties thru the site. He'd like to integrate it with outlook >>such that the location gets autmatically reserved. >> >> > >Please explain what the intention is regarding integrating with Outlook >and whether Exchange Server would be part of the equation also. >Outlook's calendar system is really quite atrocious, Microsoft have >wasted several years of development time and it still doesn't do half of >what Apple's iCal does for simple collaboration, so I'm really not sure >you'll really be able to do anything. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:220295 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
