Comments on Did you know...: How I've implemented GTD with Outlook 2007

Oh I see, so this makes the macros appear as being...

2010-09-16T09:24:32.259+02:00

Oh I see, so this makes the macros appear as being local to the account you are working on, as opposed to being global and work across both exchange and local folders.

I'll see if i can make a workaround for it. I expect i need to hack the FindFolder to start from the topmost object and work down from there.

Thanks for your help

/Fredrik

Hi Fredrik, Outlook 2010 has a feature called Qui...

2010-09-16T08:39:43.869+02:00

Hi Fredrik,

Outlook 2010 has a feature called Quick Steps that allows you to create simple macros very easily. It's not a perfect solution, but it is good enough for my needs.

The exp_FolderSwitch is an event that should fire when you select another folder in Outlook, and it will detect if you switched to a folder under another root and reinitialize the menus based on the folder structure in your local pst.

I used this feature to when switching to another email account in Outlook, but unfortunately I didn't test switching to a local pst.

Hi Joar, does Outlook 2010 provide an alternative...

2010-09-15T14:10:40.647+02:00

Hi Joar,

does Outlook 2010 provide an alternative to this since you don't use the macros any longer? i don't have the option to swap myself due to corporate standards, but i'm curious.

I tried to put a BP on line 49 (in exp_FolderSwitch). It never gets executed and exp_FolderSwitch doesn't seem to be referenced in any other part of the macros.

What is FolderSwitch supposed to do?

I tried to step from InitializeFolders and it seems to be the GetRootFolder funtion that only goes as far up to the Exchange folder in the hiearchy. i don't know if this is the actual 'top' of the tree or not.

In the GetRootFolder it stops when the rootFolder.Parent is MAPI. So that it returns the top folder in the exchange mailbox. Then findfolder doesn't find the parallel structure in the local folder.

At least this is my theory. I don't have any prior experience with Outlook and VB macros.

Fredrik, I only used the macros on Exchange folde...

2010-09-14T20:53:01.836+02:00

Fredrik,

I only used the macros on Exchange folders, and I didn't try them on folders inside a local pst file. I found one possible explanation of your problem if the default item type of the folder in the pst is different than normal mailbox folders.

Since I've upgraded to Outlook 2010 I no longer use these macros and are not able to verify this, but if you're comfortable debugging and modifying the macros your self you can put a breakpoint on line 49 in the CGTD.cls file before you select your local folder. If the DefaultItemType is different from 0 you could try and modify the check to allow other values to see if that works.

Joar, I got the folder macros to work on my excha...

2010-09-14T16:41:33.979+02:00

Joar,

I got the folder macros to work on my exchange folders, but not on my local folders.

Is this a known limitation?

/Fredrik

I'm sorry, but I haven't done any other wo...

2009-09-10T17:41:25.068+02:00

I'm sorry, but I haven't done any other work on Outlook macros than this little project, and I aren't that familiar with the object model.

The two categories I'm using is hard coded into a couple of constants, but I guess you can write some code that looks up a field and use my AddCategory subroutine to set the category.

Joar, Would you have a outlook macros that could c...

2009-09-10T15:19:34.907+02:00

Joar, Would you have a outlook macros that could create categories from a specified outlook field.
For example I use gtd add-in from Netcentrics but would like to create a category from each current project. (for use in IMexchange on the iphone to organise tasks by project)

The only thing I can think of is that I've onl...

2009-06-03T19:14:19.090+02:00

The only thing I can think of is that I've only tested the macros with Outlook 2007, and if you're running an older version it might not be compatible. I haven’t found any relevant information by Googling the error message either, but “service provider” makes me think that the type of primary e-mail account could be an explanation. My primary account is Exchange and if you have another mail provider (POP3/IMAP), that might be a problem. I have other IMAP and POP3 accounts with their own pst-files in addition to Exchange and the macros works with those, so this is just speculation on my part though.

I’m sorry I don’t have any better answers for you, but thanks for taking the time to comment on my blog.

Joar, I'm trying to install the toolbar and u...

2009-06-03T12:18:00.428+02:00

Joar,

I'm trying to install the toolbar and utilize the macros you describe above. Everything goes as planned until I try to run the "Initialize" macro. I get the following error:

Run-time error '-832306942 (ce640102)': Could not complete the operation because the service provider does not support it.

I enter debug mode and see that it's hanging up in the GTDMacros module at:

Public Sub Initialize()
Set gtd = New CGTD
gtd.InitializeGTD True
End Sub

Any idea what's going on and how I can fix it? Thanks in advance.

Blake