We are doing full blown synchronization between users Outlook (contacts and events) and our CRM / Calendar modules. There is a client install that allows this to happen.
Marius -----Original Message----- From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: October 8, 2005 2:11 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Outlook integration? Not sure how far you want to integrate (cfcomet used to have loads of this stuff but I don't know where the holding URL is) Marius, what kind of integration are you doing? Is it just simple iCal insertions and alike or are we talking about full COM integration? >From experience we found COM interaction with MX to be very poor. N "This e-mail is from Reed Exhibitions (Oriel House, 26 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DL, United Kingdom), a division of Reed Business, Registered in England, Number 678540. It contains information which is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s) please note that any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error please return it to the sender or call our switchboard on +44 (0) 20 89107910. The opinions expressed within this communication are not necessarily those expressed by Reed Exhibitions." Visit our website at http://www.reedexpo.com -----Original Message----- From: Marius Milosav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: CF-Talk <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> Sent: Fri Oct 07 16:11:55 2005 Subject: RE: Outlook integration? Hi, We are doing integration with Outlook as we speak with a company called Infotriever. Contact me off list if you want and I will connect you with the right person. /regards Marius Milosav www.scorpiosoft.com It's not about technology, it's about people -----Original Message----- From: DRE [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: October 7, 2005 10:50 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Outlook integration? 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. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:220484 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
