As you know, I am only too happy to help in any way I can. Thank you for your Kind Words...
Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "A. Razzak Memon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 9:05 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Rb2OLook Connector > > Mike, > > I cannot thank you enough for your countless > contributions of R:BASE community. > > I dare everyone to follow Mike's example and > I'll be more than happy to be squeezed! > > Very Best R:egards, > > Razzak. > > At 06:31 PM 10/21/2003 -0500, Mike Byerley wrote: > > >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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
