birthday flaw

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So... when you enter a birthday for a contact, it adds that to your
calendar... all fine and dandy, except for when you delete a contact, or
remove the birthday from a contact, it still appears in the calendar and
isn't erased. Am I doing something wrong, or is this a small flaw in the
program. Because I have birthdays showing up for contacts I've deleted
months ago.


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it's not a flaw - once added to the calendar, birthdays are disconnected
from the contact that added them. The only connection is the link to the
contact - and outlook would be wrong to delete all items linked to a contact
when the contact was deleted.
 
Ok, i can agree with your explanation. But can you help me with an example?
And why it can´t answer what we want to delete/update?

thanks and regards,
Gonçalo Santos

Diane Poremsky said:
it's not a flaw - once added to the calendar, birthdays are disconnected
from the contact that added them. The only connection is the link to the
contact - and outlook would be wrong to delete all items linked to a contact
when the contact was deleted.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/






Nate said:
So... when you enter a birthday for a contact, it adds that to your
calendar... all fine and dandy, except for when you delete a contact, or
remove the birthday from a contact, it still appears in the calendar and
isn't erased. Am I doing something wrong, or is this a small flaw in the
program. Because I have birthdays showing up for contacts I've deleted
months ago.


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That makes no sense. Why can't you have the option when you hit delete for a
contact that asks you if you want to delete linked items? It could even give
you a list of linked items and you can check or uncheck them and delete them.
A lot of the answers you have given here on this board are true about what
CAN be done today. Suggestions (like this one) are why can't we do this in
the FUTURE!!!! This can't be that hard to do...I hope Microsoft is listening!
I understand that you were answering that this can't be done now and I am
sure that Nate appreciates that information. I am frustrated that throughout
the posts like this one that are valid and useful suggestions, there is no
consideration of the fact that this was posted as such.

Diane Poremsky said:
it's not a flaw - once added to the calendar, birthdays are disconnected
from the contact that added them. The only connection is the link to the
contact - and outlook would be wrong to delete all items linked to a contact
when the contact was deleted.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/






Nate said:
So... when you enter a birthday for a contact, it adds that to your
calendar... all fine and dandy, except for when you delete a contact, or
remove the birthday from a contact, it still appears in the calendar and
isn't erased. Am I doing something wrong, or is this a small flaw in the
program. Because I have birthdays showing up for contacts I've deleted
months ago.


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click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...d2284&dg=microsoft.public.outlook.calendaring
Click to expand...
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I have from time to time seen birthdays disappear. They will still be in
every view of calendar except the day view. I see your tool here and I may
try it but I would like to know what is happening. How can a event be in one
of the list views but not show in the calendar by day view?
 
Diane;

Thanks for response. Yes I am syncing with a handheld. My question is how
can the event be in the table view but not in the Day view? I have been a
programmer for 40 years and am just curious.
--
Robert Tankersley CDP


Diane Poremsky said:
Are you syncing with a handheld? There is a bug and recurring events are
visible in table views but not Day/Week/Month view.

--
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Thanks for response. Yes I am syncing with a handheld. My question is how
can the event be in the table view but not in the Day view? I have been a
programmer for 40 years and am just curious.
Click to expand...

Some other posts indicate that there is a value in the event record not
being set properly.
 
Because it’s a problem with the view - in the table view they are single
events, in Day/Week/Month they display multiple times per the recurrence
setting and its messed up.

Are you using Exchange? There is a fix the admin can install on the server,
but non-exchange users need to wait for a fix.

--
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Robert T said:
Diane;

Thanks for response. Yes I am syncing with a handheld. My question is how
can the event be in the table view but not in the Day view? I have been a
programmer for 40 years and am just curious.
--
Robert Tankersley CDP


Diane Poremsky said:
Are you syncing with a handheld? There is a bug and recurring events are
visible in table views but not Day/Week/Month view.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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Robert T said:
I have from time to time seen birthdays disappear. They will still be
in
every view of calendar except the day view. I see your tool here and I
may
try it but I would like to know what is happening. How can a event be
in
one
of the list views but not show in the calendar by day view?
--
Robert Tankersley CDP


:

You can do a search for birthdays/anniversaries, delete them all and
then
use my tool for reload them in the Calendar.
http://www.rsoutlook.com/us/prods/prod05.html
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Only the non-exchange machine has the issue.

OK - a follow-up question. If I used the addin from rsoutlook, will this
then replicate to the handheld and result in multiple copies of the birthdays
and events?
--
Robert Tankersley CDP


Diane Poremsky said:
Because it’s a problem with the view - in the table view they are single
events, in Day/Week/Month they display multiple times per the recurrence
setting and its messed up.

Are you using Exchange? There is a fix the admin can install on the server,
but non-exchange users need to wait for a fix.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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Robert T said:
Diane;

Thanks for response. Yes I am syncing with a handheld. My question is how
can the event be in the table view but not in the Day view? I have been a
programmer for 40 years and am just curious.
--
Robert Tankersley CDP


Diane Poremsky said:
Are you syncing with a handheld? There is a bug and recurring events are
visible in table views but not Day/Week/Month view.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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I have from time to time seen birthdays disappear. They will still be
in
every view of calendar except the day view. I see your tool here and I
may
try it but I would like to know what is happening. How can a event be
in
one
of the list views but not show in the calendar by day view?
--
Robert Tankersley CDP


:

You can do a search for birthdays/anniversaries, delete them all and
then
use my tool for reload them in the Calendar.
http://www.rsoutlook.com/us/prods/prod05.html
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Because the problem is the sync and not just that they weren't created, I
don't think you need the tool, but yes, if you use it, you could get dupes
on the device but typically deleting in Outlook will delete on the device.
It all depends on your configuration - which device is considered master.

If you can sync by category, put them in a category and don't sync them.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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Robert T said:
Only the non-exchange machine has the issue.

OK - a follow-up question. If I used the addin from rsoutlook, will this
then replicate to the handheld and result in multiple copies of the
birthdays
and events?
--
Robert Tankersley CDP


Diane Poremsky said:
Because it’s a problem with the view - in the table view they are single
events, in Day/Week/Month they display multiple times per the recurrence
setting and its messed up.

Are you using Exchange? There is a fix the admin can install on the
server,
but non-exchange users need to wait for a fix.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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mailto:[email protected]

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Robert T said:
Diane;

Thanks for response. Yes I am syncing with a handheld. My question is
how
can the event be in the table view but not in the Day view? I have been
a
programmer for 40 years and am just curious.
--
Robert Tankersley CDP


:

Are you syncing with a handheld? There is a bug and recurring events
are
visible in table views but not Day/Week/Month view.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
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your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


I have from time to time seen birthdays disappear. They will still
be
in
every view of calendar except the day view. I see your tool here and
I
may
try it but I would like to know what is happening. How can a event
be
in
one
of the list views but not show in the calendar by day view?
--
Robert Tankersley CDP


:

You can do a search for birthdays/anniversaries, delete them all
and
then
use my tool for reload them in the Calendar.
http://www.rsoutlook.com/us/prods/prod05.html
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
OK Thanks for the info. I will go from here. Hopefully this gets fixed soon.
--
Robert Tankersley CDP


Diane Poremsky said:
Because the problem is the sync and not just that they weren't created, I
don't think you need the tool, but yes, if you use it, you could get dupes
on the device but typically deleting in Outlook will delete on the device.
It all depends on your configuration - which device is considered master.

If you can sync by category, put them in a category and don't sync them.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
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Robert T said:
Only the non-exchange machine has the issue.

OK - a follow-up question. If I used the addin from rsoutlook, will this
then replicate to the handheld and result in multiple copies of the
birthdays
and events?
--
Robert Tankersley CDP


Diane Poremsky said:
Because it’s a problem with the view - in the table view they are single
events, in Day/Week/Month they display multiple times per the recurrence
setting and its messed up.

Are you using Exchange? There is a fix the admin can install on the
server,
but non-exchange users need to wait for a fix.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

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your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


Diane;

Thanks for response. Yes I am syncing with a handheld. My question is
how
can the event be in the table view but not in the Day view? I have been
a
programmer for 40 years and am just curious.
--
Robert Tankersley CDP


:

Are you syncing with a handheld? There is a bug and recurring events
are
visible in table views but not Day/Week/Month view.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or point
your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


I have from time to time seen birthdays disappear. They will still
be
in
every view of calendar except the day view. I see your tool here and
I
may
try it but I would like to know what is happening. How can a event
be
in
one
of the list views but not show in the calendar by day view?
--
Robert Tankersley CDP


:

You can do a search for birthdays/anniversaries, delete them all
and
then
use my tool for reload them in the Calendar.
http://www.rsoutlook.com/us/prods/prod05.html
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
BTW - are you just syncing from outlook to the device or did you modify some
on the device? The article referencing the Exchange fix appears to say the
problem is caused by modifying the event then syncing back to outlook.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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Robert T said:
OK Thanks for the info. I will go from here. Hopefully this gets fixed
soon.
--
Robert Tankersley CDP


Diane Poremsky said:
Because the problem is the sync and not just that they weren't created, I
don't think you need the tool, but yes, if you use it, you could get
dupes
on the device but typically deleting in Outlook will delete on the
device.
It all depends on your configuration - which device is considered master.

If you can sync by category, put them in a category and don't sync them.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

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Robert T said:
Only the non-exchange machine has the issue.

OK - a follow-up question. If I used the addin from rsoutlook, will
this
then replicate to the handheld and result in multiple copies of the
birthdays
and events?
--
Robert Tankersley CDP


:

Because it’s a problem with the view - in the table view they are
single
events, in Day/Week/Month they display multiple times per the
recurrence
setting and its messed up.

Are you using Exchange? There is a fix the admin can install on the
server,
but non-exchange users need to wait for a fix.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

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Diane;

Thanks for response. Yes I am syncing with a handheld. My question
is
how
can the event be in the table view but not in the Day view? I have
been
a
programmer for 40 years and am just curious.
--
Robert Tankersley CDP


:

Are you syncing with a handheld? There is a bug and recurring
events
are
visible in table views but not Day/Week/Month view.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or
point
your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


I have from time to time seen birthdays disappear. They will
still
be
in
every view of calendar except the day view. I see your tool here
and
I
may
try it but I would like to know what is happening. How can a
event
be
in
one
of the list views but not show in the calendar by day view?
--
Robert Tankersley CDP


:

You can do a search for birthdays/anniversaries, delete them all
and
then
use my tool for reload them in the Calendar.
http://www.rsoutlook.com/us/prods/prod05.html
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
It is quite possible that I modified on the device. The way I understood this
to work is a seamless interface not mattering whether I am on the device, on
my exchange mail or on my personal PC. Obviously the theory does not meet the
actuality.


--
Robert Tankersley CDP


Diane Poremsky said:
BTW - are you just syncing from outlook to the device or did you modify some
on the device? The article referencing the Exchange fix appears to say the
problem is caused by modifying the event then syncing back to outlook.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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mailto:[email protected]

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Robert T said:
OK Thanks for the info. I will go from here. Hopefully this gets fixed
soon.
--
Robert Tankersley CDP


Diane Poremsky said:
Because the problem is the sync and not just that they weren't created, I
don't think you need the tool, but yes, if you use it, you could get
dupes
on the device but typically deleting in Outlook will delete on the
device.
It all depends on your configuration - which device is considered master.

If you can sync by category, put them in a category and don't sync them.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
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Only the non-exchange machine has the issue.

OK - a follow-up question. If I used the addin from rsoutlook, will
this
then replicate to the handheld and result in multiple copies of the
birthdays
and events?
--
Robert Tankersley CDP


:

Because it’s a problem with the view - in the table view they are
single
events, in Day/Week/Month they display multiple times per the
recurrence
setting and its messed up.

Are you using Exchange? There is a fix the admin can install on the
server,
but non-exchange users need to wait for a fix.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

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Diane;

Thanks for response. Yes I am syncing with a handheld. My question
is
how
can the event be in the table view but not in the Day view? I have
been
a
programmer for 40 years and am just curious.
--
Robert Tankersley CDP


:

Are you syncing with a handheld? There is a bug and recurring
events
are
visible in table views but not Day/Week/Month view.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
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point
your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


I have from time to time seen birthdays disappear. They will
still
be
in
every view of calendar except the day view. I see your tool here
and
I
may
try it but I would like to know what is happening. How can a
event
be
in
one
of the list views but not show in the calendar by day view?
--
Robert Tankersley CDP


:

You can do a search for birthdays/anniversaries, delete them all
and
then
use my tool for reload them in the Calendar.
http://www.rsoutlook.com/us/prods/prod05.html
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
It shouldn't matter but there is a bug somewhere. If this is what causes it,
we can tell people not to do it until its fixed. Unfortunately, I have a
blackberry so I can't test my theory.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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Robert T said:
It is quite possible that I modified on the device. The way I understood
this
to work is a seamless interface not mattering whether I am on the device,
on
my exchange mail or on my personal PC. Obviously the theory does not meet
the
actuality.


--
Robert Tankersley CDP


Diane Poremsky said:
BTW - are you just syncing from outlook to the device or did you modify
some
on the device? The article referencing the Exchange fix appears to say
the
problem is caused by modifying the event then syncing back to outlook.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
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Robert T said:
OK Thanks for the info. I will go from here. Hopefully this gets fixed
soon.
--
Robert Tankersley CDP


:

Because the problem is the sync and not just that they weren't
created, I
don't think you need the tool, but yes, if you use it, you could get
dupes
on the device but typically deleting in Outlook will delete on the
device.
It all depends on your configuration - which device is considered
master.

If you can sync by category, put them in a category and don't sync
them.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
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your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


Only the non-exchange machine has the issue.

OK - a follow-up question. If I used the addin from rsoutlook, will
this
then replicate to the handheld and result in multiple copies of the
birthdays
and events?
--
Robert Tankersley CDP


:

Because it’s a problem with the view - in the table view they are
single
events, in Day/Week/Month they display multiple times per the
recurrence
setting and its messed up.

Are you using Exchange? There is a fix the admin can install on the
server,
but non-exchange users need to wait for a fix.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
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point
your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


Diane;

Thanks for response. Yes I am syncing with a handheld. My
question
is
how
can the event be in the table view but not in the Day view? I
have
been
a
programmer for 40 years and am just curious.
--
Robert Tankersley CDP


:

Are you syncing with a handheld? There is a bug and recurring
events
are
visible in table views but not Day/Week/Month view.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
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point
your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


I have from time to time seen birthdays disappear. They will
still
be
in
every view of calendar except the day view. I see your tool
here
and
I
may
try it but I would like to know what is happening. How can a
event
be
in
one
of the list views but not show in the calendar by day view?
--
Robert Tankersley CDP


:

You can do a search for birthdays/anniversaries, delete them
all
and
then
use my tool for reload them in the Calendar.
http://www.rsoutlook.com/us/prods/prod05.html
Click to expand...
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