Calendar

[Phillef]

Hi,

I am looking for a calendar in Access - and I am not talking about the
a small widget to enable you to select a date more easily. No, I am
after something like the Outlook calendar - way beyond my coding
skills....
The obvious alternative is to use Outlook and to "link Outlook tables"
to my Access tables. That would work just fine for my purpose, except
that I am not able to do that: I mean, I can of course use the Access
"link tables" option, no problem, but I cannot link my Access tables
with the "Outlook linked tables" (I wonder whether I am clear, here).

At any rate, any help would be very much appreciated.

Best Regards,


Phil

 

[David H]

What is the purpose? Do you want to display a user's inbox or a public
calendar on your Exchange server? If that's the case, you can use the Outlook
View Control which is an ActiveX control that allows you (pretty much) full
access to Outlook folders. Its actually quite easy to setup.

 

[Daniel Pineault]

If you want a widget to allow your user's to make date selections then look at

http://www.devhut.net/index.php?lang=en&id=0000000004#datepick

Specifically the 'Calendar Control, Date Picker' section
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Hope this helps,

Daniel Pineault
http://www.cardaconsultants.com/
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[Phillef]

What is the purpose? Do you want to display a user's inbox or a public
calendar on your Exchange server? If that's the case, you can use the Outlook
View Control which is an ActiveX control that allows you (pretty much) full
access to Outlook folders. Its actually quite easy to setup.









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Thanks David,

Actually, the purpose is as follows: I realised in the middle of the
development of the application that the core business is date
management (meetings, deadlines, documents, etc). The application is
(ambitiously) designed to manage the activity of a public organisation
which deals notably with legislative files. Files, depending on their
nature, are examined in a number of meetings, at different level, a
number of related documents are issued, in accordance with the
procedures, etc. Basicaly, time management is an essential part f the
activity.The way I see it (but it could be the consequence of my
limited skills), I would need a table in which to store each event
(meeting date, deadline, etc). I would then link thes table to the
other tables when needed. From that perspective, Outlook tables woud
serve the purpose, except that they don't come up with a unique record
identifier.

Best Regards,

Philippe

 

[David H]

1) It is possibly to find items under an Outlook folder using the folder's
name. Furthermore, you can create a custom user property for items that can
be used to locate specific items. I did something similar when I create a
reservation application where I wanted the reservations to show on my Outlook
calendar. I took the Access primary key and set a custom user property to the
value.

2) In reading over your description, it sound like a Share Point-based
solution would work better for you.

 

[Phillef]

1) It is possibly to find items under an Outlook folder using the folder's
name. Furthermore, you can create a custom user property for items that can
be used to locate specific items. I did something similar when I create a
reservation application where I wanted the reservations to show on my Outlook
calendar. I took the Access primary key and set a custom user property tothe
value.

2) In reading over your description, it sound like a Share Point-based
solution would work better for you.









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Hi David,

Many thanks for the advice. Unfortunately, the organization I am
working for is a bit old fashioned, and not too deeply involved in
information technology (thats is an understatement)....

Best Regards,

Phil