Command Line switch: autorun

[Hapyfishrmn]

Hey,
I am trying to run the command line switch autorun, to run a macro.
the Macro will work if I open up Outlook 2003 and go to tools->macro.
But I am unable to run it from the command line.
so my command line says:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE" /autorun
ScheduledTask

In the global scenario I want to be able to email myself if a started
task fails.
Which you can set up through the services (Task Scheduler).
Any advice on this?

thanks in advance

G

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

There is no autorun switch, and no autorun macros like in Word.

To run a macro on Outlook startup you would have to call it from the
Application_Startup event handler in the ThisOutlookSession class module.

 

[Hapyfishrmn]

Hello again,
I not sure about how to do that or maybe I need to try a different
route.
Is it possible to email yourself if a started task fails. In the Task
Scheduler under the Computer Management->Services you can set a
program to run if it fails. I have been unable to get that to work at
all. Since this task is on another machine I would want it to email
me. So I thought that running a macro that emails me would do it. But
now I am not so sure where to go.

G

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

I don't know much of anything about the task scheduler.

To see how to set up code in ThisOutlookSession you can look at
http://www.outlookcode.com/d/code/zaphtml.htm, which runs automatically but
shows how to initialize code in Application_Startup. The code would just be
a Sub in any code module or in the ThisOutlookSession class module that is
called from the Application_Startup event.

You would have to write your own code from scratch, however. Outlook also
doesn't have a macro recorder as Word does.

 

[Guest]

What you need to do is create an .exe or a .bat file. The former can be created using VB6 or any programming language/IDE that supports COM automation; this way you can automate the Outlook Object Model. The latter requires a scripting language (VBScripg, Java) using the Windows Scripting Host; either language supports COM hooks into Outlook.

So you basically need to write a custom application/script that sends the e-mail, and have this run whenever a given task in the Task Scheduler fails. You would not write the code within the Outlook VBA Editor itself.

--
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--------------------------------------------------
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Job: http://www.imaginets.com
Blog: http://blogs.officezealot.com/legault/

 

[Guest]

Hi,

What you need to do is create an .exe or a .bat file.
...

Easier should be to use one of the numerous command line smtp clients (ie
Blat : http://www.blat.net !-)

--
Grég

So you basically need to write a custom application/script that sends the

e-mail, and have this run whenever a given task in the Task Scheduler fails.
You would not write the code within the Outlook VBA Editor itself.

--
Eric Legault - B.A, MCP, MCSD, Outlook MVP
--------------------------------------------------
{Private e-mails ignored}
Job: http://www.imaginets.com
Blog: http://blogs.officezealot.com/legault/

Hello again,
I not sure about how to do that or maybe I need to try a different
route.
Is it possible to email yourself if a started task fails. In the Task
Scheduler under the Computer Management->Services you can set a
program to run if it fails. I have been unable to get that to work at
all. Since this task is on another machine I would want it to email
me. So I thought that running a macro that emails me would do it. But
now I am not so sure where to go.

G




"Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]" <[email protected]> wrote in message

There is no autorun switch, and no autorun macros like in Word.

To run a macro on Outlook startup you would have to call it from the
Application_Startup event handler in the ThisOutlookSession class module.




Hey,
I am trying to run the command line switch autorun, to run a macro.
the Macro will work if I open up Outlook 2003 and go to tools->macro.
But I am unable to run it from the command line.
so my command line says:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE" /autorun
ScheduledTask

In the global scenario I want to be able to email myself if a started
task fails.
Which you can set up through the services (Task Scheduler).
Any advice on this?

thanks in advance

G

 

[Guest]

Eric,

To run a macro in Outlook was a way the user thought to answer its main
goal:

"In the global scenario I want to be able to email myself if a started
task fails.
Which you can set up through the services (Task Scheduler).
Any advice on this?" (from

The SMTP client you mentioned does not support macros, so this app is of

no use to the user.

So to be able to send an email using a command line may help the user even
if this program do not support macros !-))

--
Grég

--
Eric Legault - B.A, MCP, MCSD, Outlook MVP
--------------------------------------------------
{Private e-mails ignored}
Job: http://www.imaginets.com
Blog: http://blogs.officezealot.com/legault/

Hi,

"Eric Legault [MVP - Outlook]" <[email protected]> a écrit dans
le message de news:[email protected]...

What you need to do is create an .exe or a .bat file.
...

Easier should be to use one of the numerous command line smtp clients (ie
Blat : http://www.blat.net !-)

--
Grég

So you basically need to write a custom application/script that sends

the
e-mail, and have this run whenever a given task in the Task Scheduler fails.
You would not write the code within the Outlook VBA Editor itself.

--
Eric Legault - B.A, MCP, MCSD, Outlook MVP
--------------------------------------------------
{Private e-mails ignored}
Job: http://www.imaginets.com
Blog: http://blogs.officezealot.com/legault/



:

Hello again,
I not sure about how to do that or maybe I need to try a different
route.
Is it possible to email yourself if a started task fails. In the Task
Scheduler under the Computer Management->Services you can set a
program to run if it fails. I have been unable to get that to work at
all. Since this task is on another machine I would want it to email
me. So I thought that running a macro that emails me would do it. But
now I am not so sure where to go.

G




"Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]" <[email protected]> wrote in message

There is no autorun switch, and no autorun macros like in Word.

To run a macro on Outlook startup you would have to call it from the
Application_Startup event handler in the ThisOutlookSession class module.




Hey,
I am trying to run the command line switch autorun, to run a macro.
the Macro will work if I open up Outlook 2003 and go to tools->macro.
But I am unable to run it from the command line.
so my command line says:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE" /autorun
ScheduledTask

In the global scenario I want to be able to email myself if a started
task fails.
Which you can set up through the services (Task Scheduler).
Any advice on this?

thanks in advance

G

 

[Guest]

Right you are; I forgot about that over the weekend.

Another option is to code against Simple MAPI; this would then use any MAPI compliant e-mail application that is installed for simple sends.

--
Eric Legault - B.A, MCP, MCSD, Outlook MVP
--------------------------------------------------
{Private e-mails ignored}
Job: http://www.imaginets.com
Blog: http://blogs.officezealot.com/legault/

Eric,

To run a macro in Outlook was a way the user thought to answer its main
goal:

"In the global scenario I want to be able to email myself if a started
task fails.
Which you can set up through the services (Task Scheduler).
Any advice on this?" (from

The SMTP client you mentioned does not support macros, so this app is of

no use to the user.

So to be able to send an email using a command line may help the user even
if this program do not support macros !-))

--
Grég

--
Eric Legault - B.A, MCP, MCSD, Outlook MVP
--------------------------------------------------
{Private e-mails ignored}
Job: http://www.imaginets.com
Blog: http://blogs.officezealot.com/legault/

Hi,

"Eric Legault [MVP - Outlook]" <[email protected]> a écrit dans
le message de What you need to do is create an .exe or a .bat file.
...

Easier should be to use one of the numerous command line smtp clients (ie
Blat : http://www.blat.net !-)

--
Grég



So you basically need to write a custom application/script that sends the
e-mail, and have this run whenever a given task in the Task Scheduler fails.
You would not write the code within the Outlook VBA Editor itself.

--
Eric Legault - B.A, MCP, MCSD, Outlook MVP
--------------------------------------------------
{Private e-mails ignored}
Job: http://www.imaginets.com
Blog: http://blogs.officezealot.com/legault/



:

Hello again,
I not sure about how to do that or maybe I need to try a different
route.
Is it possible to email yourself if a started task fails. In the Task
Scheduler under the Computer Management->Services you can set a
program to run if it fails. I have been unable to get that to work at
all. Since this task is on another machine I would want it to email
me. So I thought that running a macro that emails me would do it. But
now I am not so sure where to go.

G




There is no autorun switch, and no autorun macros like in Word.

To run a macro on Outlook startup you would have to call it from the
Application_Startup event handler in the ThisOutlookSession class
module.




Hey,
I am trying to run the command line switch autorun, to run a macro.
the Macro will work if I open up Outlook 2003 and go to
tools->macro.
But I am unable to run it from the command line.
so my command line says:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE" /autorun
ScheduledTask

In the global scenario I want to be able to email myself if a
started
task fails.
Which you can set up through the services (Task Scheduler).
Any advice on this?

thanks in advance

G

 

[Hapyfishrmn]

Hello again,

Another option is to code against Simple MAPI; this would then use

any MAPI compliant e-mail application that is installed for simple
sends.


Where is some good information about coding using MAPI. Better yet I
would like to know more about what it is. So I would know how to get
started to program it.

I appreciate all the comments.

G