And not only did Mike create a really slick program for my client, he won't charge me for it! So, my client is making a donation to our favorite R:BASE charity, Project Bundle-Up, (I don't know how much yet) and I will include it with other donations for matching RBTI funds.
So - if any of you R:BASE users download and use this great program, please consider making a check out to "Salvation Army Project Bundle-Up" in Mike's honor, and mail it to me at: Sami Aaron Software Management Specialists 19312 W 63rd Terr Shawnee KS 66218 Thanks, Mike! Sami ----- Original Message ----- From: "MikeB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 5:00 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Rb2OLook Connector > A while back, Sami Aaron said she had a client that wanted to update their Outlook Contacts directly > from RBase and was it possible. Well within just a little bit, I had some VB code that would use > Oterro to connect to RBase and then using Automation to Connect to Outlook, I was able to shuttle > info from my RBase db to the Contacts folder in Outlook. > > But Nooo. Sami wasn't happy with that! (just kidding...) Actually I had already done the PdfMerge > through Automation using Delphi, so I told here I would work it up. Well without giving the blow by > blow, it turns out it would be much more flexible outputting RBase data to a CSV file, then calling > the Delphi component to do the heavy lifting to Outlook, which by the way, her client and myself use > Outlook with Exchange Server, so yes the Rb2OLook middleware works with Exchange as well and deals > with Multiple Profiles, etc. > > What is required is Microsoft Outlook (Not Express) version 2000 or 2002 (tested) but might work ok > with 97 as well. An INI file is the mechanism that is used to map the Schema of RBase (or any other > program that exports CSV data can use the EXE version) data to the Outlook Contact field mapping. > Some Sample files and a Help file are in the Rb2OLook.zip file. It hasn't been tested further than > at Sami's client location and her and Is' personal systems, but seems to be working as designed. > The UDF version is RBase specific and returns Success or Failure as a return value. The EXE version > works as described above and can be run with Launch as well (which might be the preferred method if > you don't need to wait for a completed operation in your RBase Program). You can control via the > INI file, Silent or Verbose output and whether that output is to screen or to a textfile for later > review... > > You are welcome to it at http://www.byerley.net/BdcDownSup.htm and scroll down to the Rb2OLook.zip. > You must be a current registered user of an RBTI product to qualify for the license to use the > software. > > > >
