I am looking for a way to determine a user has already imported a holiday file.

Background:
User is offered the holiday file and able to select the countries he wants
to import during computers start-up process. After he imported them I do not
want to offer this again. So I am looking for a way to find out if he already
imported them using a little script. – Outlook 2003, Exchange Server 2003

Are there any ideas out there? Thank's

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Mol

Mol <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I am looking for a way to determine a user has already imported a
> holiday file.
>
> Background:
> User is offered the holiday file and able to select the countries he
> wants
> to import during computers start-up process. After he imported them I
> do not want to offer this again. So I am looking for a way to find
> out if he already imported them using a little script. – Outlook
> 2003, Exchange Server 2003
>
> Are there any ideas out there? Thank's

One way would be for the script to create a flag file on the user's hard
drive. If the file doesn't exist, the user will be asked. If it does, the
script will just end.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Yes, I can create a flag on the users home drive to avoid asking him twice. -
But, what if the user clicked on Cancel instead of OK when he was offered
the holiday file?

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Mol


"Brian Tillman" wrote:

> Mol <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> > I am looking for a way to determine a user has already imported a
> > holiday file.
> >
> > Background:
> > User is offered the holiday file and able to select the countries he
> > wants
> > to import during computers start-up process. After he imported them I
> > do not want to offer this again. So I am looking for a way to find
> > out if he already imported them using a little script. – Outlook
> > 2003, Exchange Server 2003
> >
> > Are there any ideas out there? Thank's
>
> One way would be for the script to create a flag file on the user's hard
> drive. If the file doesn't exist, the user will be asked. If it does, the
> script will just end.
> --
> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
>
>

Mol <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Yes, I can create a flag on the users home drive to avoid asking him
> twice. - But, what if the user clicked on Cancel instead of OK when
> he was offered the holiday file?

Warn them strongly that they should accept the holiday addition if they see
the prompt, that cancelling will mean they will have no holiday update and
that no one will help them get it later. That's a behavioral issue, not a
technical one.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]