Thanks Cutter, I imagined it would be like this! DRE
On 10/7/05, Cutter (CF-Talk) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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<http://msdn.microsoft.com>. > Sue > Mosher's slipstick.com <http://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:4:220339 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=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
