Has anyone written a macro for Outlook to manage documents ?

[Guest]

I am trying to write a Macro that will notify, and manage documents on my
Network, using Outlook Mail. I would like to hear feedback from the Online
community for user's that have attempted doc control.
There are several doc cntrl packackes avaliable (i.e. FlieHold, and
Sharepoint). I am looking for a straight-forward (alternative), and less
costly solution.
Ultimately, I would like to have approval, storage, and retrieval, be
performed through Outlook.
Please advise. Any suggestions that the online community can provide will be
helpful.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

You're thinking of doing this in Exchange public folders? Don't. Not only are public folders on the way out, but they really provide no way to do check-in, check-out. Think SharePoint instead. Outlook 2007 will allow full synchronization of SharePoint 2007 document libraries.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Guest]

Most workflow solutions involving Outlook are actually built upon Exchange
using the Exchange Workflow Designer. You certainly will never see a
workflow solution for Outlook using just macros, as this involves complicated
server side development to build a solution of any worth.

If document-based workflow in Outlook is what you want, you're not going to
like my answer: Outlook 2007 with SharePoint 2007.