Outlook 2003 Out of Office Assistant

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Renegade

As a new user of Outlook, instead of manually turning on the Out of Office
Assistant, is it possible to establish a rule that will turn on the Out of
Office Assistant on a certain day and time prior to leaving the office? Any
assistance would be appreciated. Thanks.
 
B

Ben M. Schorr, MVP

Not a rule, no. But you could script something like that with AutoHotKey
(http://www.autohotkey.com) and the Scheduled Tasks tool in Windows.

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Renegade said:
As a new user of Outlook, instead of manually turning on the Out of Office
Assistant, is it possible to establish a rule that will turn on the Out of
Office Assistant on a certain day and time prior to leaving the office?
Any
assistance would be appreciated. Thanks.


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Anika van Druten

I managed to create a script in Autohotkey and schedule it. However, I can't get the script right to turn the Out-of-Office off in the morning, when I turn my PC on.
This is the script I use (my apologies for the Dutch words):

Run Outlook
WinWait , Verbinding maken met <server name>, ;connect to the server
{
WinActivate , Verbinding maken met BA12-0093.work.local,
WinWaitActive , Verbinding maken met BA12-0093.work.local,
Send , <password>
Send , {Enter}
}

Sleep , 10000

IfWinExist , De instelling Afwezig is ingeschakeld. ;if the Out-of-Office window appears
{
WinActivate , De instelling Afwezig is ingeschakeld.
Sleep , 1000
Send , j ; j = Ja (Yes), {Enter} won't work either
}

Sleep , 1000

For safety reasons I removed the server name and password. Anyone who can help me?

Regards,

Anika



Ben M. Schorr, MVP wrote:

Not a rule, no.
31-aug-09

Not a rule, no. But you could script something like that with AutoHotKe
(http://www.autohotkey.com) and the Scheduled Tasks tool in Windows

-
-Ben
Ben M. Schorr, MV
Roland Schorr & Towe
http://www.rolandschorr.co
http://www.officeforlawyers.com/outlook.htm
Author: The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007
http://tinyurl.com/ol4law-amazo


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Previous Posts In This Thread:

On maandag 31 augustus 2009 16:02
Renegade wrote:

Outlook 2003 Out of Office Assistant
As a new user of Outlook, instead of manually turning on the Out of Offic
Assistant, is it possible to establish a rule that will turn on the Out o
Office Assistant on a certain day and time prior to leaving the office? An
assistance would be appreciated. Thanks.

On maandag 31 augustus 2009 16:50
Ben M. Schorr, MVP wrote:

Not a rule, no.
Not a rule, no. But you could script something like that with AutoHotKe
(http://www.autohotkey.com) and the Scheduled Tasks tool in Windows

-
-Ben
Ben M. Schorr, MV
Roland Schorr & Towe
http://www.rolandschorr.co
http://www.officeforlawyers.com/outlook.htm
Author: The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007
http://tinyurl.com/ol4law-amazo


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