Appointment Recurrence: "No End Date" button in range of recurrenc

[ML]

Hi,

Can I turn off/disable "No End Date" button and set new default to "End by"?
Should I speak to Microsoft engineers to do that? Or can I do that by
anyway?

Thanks,
ML

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Why can't you do that yourself? It is one of the options.

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After furious head scratching, ML asked:

| Hi,
|
| Can I turn off/disable "No End Date" button and set new default to
| "End by"? Should I speak to Microsoft engineers to do that? Or can
| I do that by anyway?
|
| Thanks,
| ML

 

[ML]

Milly,

The calendar is in public folder, and everyone has access to it. My company
has a problem that many people make "No End Date" recurring appointments, and
they forgot to delete their appointments after their use. They leave my
company and move to other location, and make it harder to track who made the
appointments.

It has accumulated for years. In order to prevent this issue, I need to
turn off the "No End Date" button and set new default.

Thanks,
ML

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

You'd need to customize the form and I'm not sure that it is possible to do
for this field. I don't know if a script preventing people from saving no
end date events or ones forcing them to 10 occurrences is possible. (Or
force no end date to 1 occurrence to help break the habit of not setting an
end date. <g>)

Try the program.forms newsgroup on this server or OutlookCode.com for help
with something like this.



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Milly,

The calendar is in public folder, and everyone has access to it. My
company
has a problem that many people make "No End Date" recurring appointments,
and
they forgot to delete their appointments after their use. They leave my
company and move to other location, and make it harder to track who made
the
appointments.

It has accumulated for years. In order to prevent this issue, I need to
turn off the "No End Date" button and set new default.

Thanks,
ML

Why can't you do that yourself? It is one of the options.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, ML asked:

| Hi,
|
| Can I turn off/disable "No End Date" button and set new default to
| "End by"? Should I speak to Microsoft engineers to do that? Or can
| I do that by anyway?
|
| Thanks,
| ML

 

[ML]

Hi,

I received an answer from OutlookCode.com:

My question was "I wonder if I can turn off/disable "No End Date" button in
recurrence and set new default to End By."

The answer was "It is not possibe to modify the recurrence dialog itself. On
a custom form, though, you could put code in the Item_Write event handler to
check the recurrence pattern properties and set the function's return value
to False so that the write is cancelled."

I'm not sure what is item_write event handler and how to change the return
value to false, etc. I'm not an expert in programming.

Thanks,
ML

You'd need to customize the form and I'm not sure that it is possible to do
for this field. I don't know if a script preventing people from saving no
end date events or ones forcing them to 10 occurrences is possible. (Or
force no end date to 1 occurrence to help break the habit of not setting an
end date. <g>)

Try the program.forms newsgroup on this server or OutlookCode.com for help
with something like this.



--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

Milly,

The calendar is in public folder, and everyone has access to it. My
company
has a problem that many people make "No End Date" recurring appointments,
and
they forgot to delete their appointments after their use. They leave my
company and move to other location, and make it harder to track who made
the
appointments.

It has accumulated for years. In order to prevent this issue, I need to
turn off the "No End Date" button and set new default.

Thanks,
ML

Why can't you do that yourself? It is one of the options.

--Â
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, ML asked:

| Hi,
|
| Can I turn off/disable "No End Date" button and set new default to
| "End by"? Should I speak to Microsoft engineers to do that? Or can
| I do that by anyway?
|
| Thanks,
| ML

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

You'll definitely need to learn forms programming, Outlook VBA and scripting
if you want modify the form.

Item_write event happens when an item is saved - you want to listen for that
event and check that it has an end date before allowing the save to happen.
If you search Outlook VBA Help (or Google for Outlook Write Event) you'll
find more information about it. There are some examples, but none that cover
this specific us AFAIK.
MSDN also has some information:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d.../en-us/vbaol11/html/olevtWrite_HV05247479.asp


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

Hi,

I received an answer from OutlookCode.com:

My question was "I wonder if I can turn off/disable "No End Date" button
in
recurrence and set new default to End By."

The answer was "It is not possibe to modify the recurrence dialog itself.
On
a custom form, though, you could put code in the Item_Write event handler
to
check the recurrence pattern properties and set the function's return
value
to False so that the write is cancelled."

I'm not sure what is item_write event handler and how to change the return
value to false, etc. I'm not an expert in programming.

Thanks,
ML

You'd need to customize the form and I'm not sure that it is possible to
do
for this field. I don't know if a script preventing people from saving no
end date events or ones forcing them to 10 occurrences is possible. (Or
force no end date to 1 occurrence to help break the habit of not setting
an
end date. <g>)

Try the program.forms newsgroup on this server or OutlookCode.com for
help
with something like this.



--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

Milly,

The calendar is in public folder, and everyone has access to it. My
company
has a problem that many people make "No End Date" recurring
appointments,
and
they forgot to delete their appointments after their use. They leave
my
company and move to other location, and make it harder to track who
made
the
appointments.

It has accumulated for years. In order to prevent this issue, I need
to
turn off the "No End Date" button and set new default.

Thanks,
ML

:

Why can't you do that yourself? It is one of the options.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, ML asked:

| Hi,
|
| Can I turn off/disable "No End Date" button and set new default to
| "End by"? Should I speak to Microsoft engineers to do that? Or can
| I do that by anyway?
|
| Thanks,
| ML

 

[ML]

Thank you Diane! I really appreciate for your help.

ML

You'll definitely need to learn forms programming, Outlook VBA and scripting
if you want modify the form.

Item_write event happens when an item is saved - you want to listen for that
event and check that it has an end date before allowing the save to happen.
If you search Outlook VBA Help (or Google for Outlook Write Event) you'll
find more information about it. There are some examples, but none that cover
this specific us AFAIK.
MSDN also has some information:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d.../en-us/vbaol11/html/olevtWrite_HV05247479.asp


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

Hi,

I received an answer from OutlookCode.com:

My question was "I wonder if I can turn off/disable "No End Date" button
in
recurrence and set new default to End By."

The answer was "It is not possibe to modify the recurrence dialog itself.
On
a custom form, though, you could put code in the Item_Write event handler
to
check the recurrence pattern properties and set the function's return
value
to False so that the write is cancelled."

I'm not sure what is item_write event handler and how to change the return
value to false, etc. I'm not an expert in programming.

Thanks,
ML

You'd need to customize the form and I'm not sure that it is possible to
do
for this field. I don't know if a script preventing people from saving no
end date events or ones forcing them to 10 occurrences is possible. (Or
force no end date to 1 occurrence to help break the habit of not setting
an
end date. <g>)

Try the program.forms newsgroup on this server or OutlookCode.com for
help
with something like this.



--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/


Milly,

The calendar is in public folder, and everyone has access to it. My
company
has a problem that many people make "No End Date" recurring
appointments,
and
they forgot to delete their appointments after their use. They leave
my
company and move to other location, and make it harder to track who
made
the
appointments.

It has accumulated for years. In order to prevent this issue, I need
to
turn off the "No End Date" button and set new default.

Thanks,
ML

:

Why can't you do that yourself? It is one of the options.

--Â
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, ML asked:

| Hi,
|
| Can I turn off/disable "No End Date" button and set new default to
| "End by"? Should I speak to Microsoft engineers to do that? Or can
| I do that by anyway?
|
| Thanks,
| ML