Reminder - Outlook 2003

[Lp12]

When i scheduled a reminder,it doesnt pop up on top of a IE window,its shows in the desktop and even blinks but doesnt go on top!!!!

Any suggestions?

 

[Roady [MVP]]

When the reminder fires was the reminder window already open with previous
reminders? In that case I believe it only blinks but since I'm on a
seriously messed PC at the moment I can't test it for you.

In other cases; Taking focus is an issue most often caused by your videocard
driver. Either update it to the latest or in case your running the latest
downgrade to a previous driver version.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Backup and Restore
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

 

[May Chong]

Hi-

I have a user with the exact same situation. I also posted this question pertaining to this.
http://communities2.microsoft.com/c...15-e4cf683e70fe&catlist=&dglist=&ptlist=&exp=

I was able to replicate this on 2 other Outlook 2003 clients. I've loooked high and low for a configuration that will make the reminders pop-up on top, but to no avail.

I did find 2 solutions from other newsgroups and postings.
1. Activate the Office Assistant
2. Create a Macro in Out. VB Script below.
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a. Start Outlook.
b. Go to Tools -> Macro -> Visual Basic Editor.
c. Click the (General) drop down list and then choose "Application".
d. Click the drop down list next to "Application", and then choose
"Reminder" from the list.
e. Please type in the following code:

Private Sub Application_Reminder(ByVal Item As Object)

Shell ("net send 127.0.0.1 Reminder")

End Sub

f. Set up an appointment with the reminder to test the result.

NOTE: "net send" command will send a message to the machine, and pops up to the top window. We may need to wait for a while before receiving the net send command.
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The Office Assistant didn't change anything for me. As for the macro, I wasn't able to insert the macro with the script provided. Then again, I'm not very well versed in writing VB macros in Outlook at all. Perhaps someone could help with this part?

When the reminder fires was the reminder window already open with previous
reminders? In that case I believe it only blinks but since I'm on a
seriously messed PC at the moment I can't test it for you.

In other cases; Taking focus is an issue most often caused by your videocard
driver. Either update it to the latest or in case your running the latest
downgrade to a previous driver version.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Backup and Restore
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

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When i scheduled a reminder,it doesnt pop up on top of a IE window,its
shows in the desktop and even blinks but doesnt go on top!!!!

Any suggestions?

 

[May Chong]

Hi -

I had posted the exact same issue too.
http://communities2.microsoft.com/c...ring&mid=c6ede9c4-9002-42de-92a6-656f1bcd9769

I found possible solutions. The first one didn't work for me. The second one, I'm still trying to figure out. I think the instructions are for a previous version of Outlook. Perhaps some one could figure it out and let me know.

1. Activate the Office Assistant.
2. Create a Macro that will send a Net Send when the reminder becomes due. Code below.

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http://tinyurl.com/257jt

"It does not pop the actual Outlook reminder window to the top, but pops another reminder to the top, that when you click OK,your OL reminder becomes active. Here is the workaround:

a. Start Outlook.
b. Go to Tools -> Macro -> Visual Basic Editor.
c. Click the (General) drop down list and then choose "Application".
d. Click the drop down list next to "Application", and then choose
"Reminder" from the list.
e. Please type in the following code:

Private Sub Application_Reminder(ByVal Item As Object)

Shell ("net send 127.0.0.1 Reminder")

End Sub

f. Set up an appointment with the reminder to test the result.

NOTE: "net send" command will send a message to the machine, and pops up to the top window. We may need to wait for a while before receiving the net send command.
**********************************

When the reminder fires was the reminder window already open with previous
reminders? In that case I believe it only blinks but since I'm on a
seriously messed PC at the moment I can't test it for you.

In other cases; Taking focus is an issue most often caused by your videocard
driver. Either update it to the latest or in case your running the latest
downgrade to a previous driver version.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Backup and Restore
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

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When i scheduled a reminder,it doesnt pop up on top of a IE window,its
shows in the desktop and even blinks but doesnt go on top!!!!

Any suggestions?