I should've also mentioned that Outlook's on-line help describes the file
format. In the index, see "tasks" and then sub-topic "standard fields".
-David
On Thursday, June 07, 2001 10:23 PM, David Shadovitz [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
wrote:
> I just created a task in Outlook 97 and exported it as a CSV file. Then I
> deleted the task and imported the CSV file into Outlook. It worked fine. So
>
> you can just create a variety of dummy tasks and export them, and study the
> format of the exported file.
>
> Creating a CSV file from CF is no problem; just use CFCONTENT.
>
> -David
>
> On Tuesday, June 05, 2001 6:06 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey
> [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> > Hi folks, need to see if anyone has worked with or around this issue
before.
> >
> >
> > I have an internal task management application utility that the company
> > that
> > I work for has been working on and using for the last couple of years. It
> > handles a large number of things, but is a stand-alone application (CF)
> > that
> > is only accessible through the web.
> >
> > I know that Outlook has some import and export features. In the past I
> > have
> > seen threads that spoke of importing the contents of the Outlook inbox into
> > a database through CF, but what I want to do is create a file with CF that
> > I
> > can import into the task list of Outlook 2000. Has anyone dealt with this
> > before?
> >
> > What I'm wanting to do is create something that I can download and import
> > into Outlook that includes things like percent complete, due date,
priority,
> >
> > etc. I can get all that information from my application along with the
> > task
> > and project name. My biggest problem is finding the structure for the file
> > that Outlook would need to import.
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