> I have a question. Is there a way to have it import into another folder than
> the contacts??
>
> I have a outlook folder that I have my dealers in and your program would be
> very cool if I could designate which folder they go into.
>
> Dan
>
Ok. This is Doable as long as the folder is a type 'olContactItem' ** and is only one
SubItem from
the NameSpace object in the Folder Collection.
** You can create a new folder of this type easily by copying the existing 'Contacts'
Folder and
pasting it back to the Root Folder, then Renaming it to whatever name you want and
then deleting all
the Contacts in the new folder so it is empty and ready to receive your new entries.
This means, in Outlook, the Top Folder is 'Outlook Today - YourMailBoxName' which is
the NameSpace
Object.
Then the Default Contacts Folder is one SubItem below that and you Alternate Contact
folder must be
in the Same Plane as the Contacts Folder.
This isn't going to work for Public Folders (not saying it couldn't be done, it's just
a lot more
work than I want to do to this little program).
So as a diagram the Folder Structure might look like the Following:
'Outlook Today - YourMailBoxName'
Calendar
Contacts
Family Contacts
Deleted Items
Drafts
InBox
Large Messages
Journal
My Business Contacts
Notes
OutBox
Sent Items
Tasks
In the above, 'Contacts' and 'My Business Contacts' would be accessible, but 'Family
Contacts' would
not because 'Family Contacts' is a 'Sub SubItem', one Layer below the first level from
the root
folder 'Outlook Today - YourMailBoxName'. I will have to add some code to make
'Contacts' a default
value when no ContactFolder value (which is going to be a NEW Name/Value pair in the
INI File) is
found, so the existing version doesn't break. I am busy Mon and Tues and expect to
have the changes
done on Wed some time and will put the new version up on my web site and put a Notice
in the
List....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Goldberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 12:49 PM
Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Rb2OLook Connector
> I have a question. Is there a way to have it import into another folder than
> the contacts??
>
> I have a outlook folder that I have my dealers in and your program would be
> very cool if I could designate which folder they go into.
>
> Dan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of MikeB
> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 3:00 PM
> To: RBASE-L Mailing List
> 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.
