Glad To Be Of Help... And I will be particularly happy to squeeze Razaak for the matching funds! ;-))
----- Original Message ----- From: "Sami Aaron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 5:17 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Rb2OLook Connector > 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. > > > > > > > > > >
