Design ideas and suggestions

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Jonathan Parminter

Hi, I have been asked to develop a contact system using
Outlook 2002. It is being considered as Outlook is
already installed on every staff member's pc.

One of our staff wants to send out a survey (that includes
open-ended questions). She then wants to store the
respondents' details and their responses in a Public
Contact folder.

I have two initial questions that I'm hoping you can help
me with...

1. Is this the 'best' solution for her requirement for a
contact management system that is available to others?

2. This will require a method for adhoc filtering of data.
Can I tap into Outlook's built-in sql filter? How?

Any ideas or suggestions appreciated :-)

Cheers
Jonathan
 
1) If everyone has Outlook and they all work in the same organization, Outlook is a good choice of platform (assuming you have the patience to deal with its quirks).

2) The AdvancedSearch method in Outlook 2002 and 2003 supports pretty complex DASL queries.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
Hi Sue, how is a DASL query different from a SQL query?

Cheers
Jonathan
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1) If everyone has Outlook and they all work in the same
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organization, Outlook is a good choice of platform
(assuming you have the patience to deal with its quirks).
2) The AdvancedSearch method in Outlook 2002 and 2003
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supports pretty complex DASL queries.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers


"Jonathan Parminter" <[email protected]>
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As far as lookups go, they should be pretty much the same. I haven't compared them closely enough to be able to tell you the differences.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
thanks Sue,

Cheers
Jonathan
-----Original Message-----
As far as lookups go, they should be pretty much the
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same. I haven't compared them closely enough to be able to
tell you the differences.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers



"Jonathan Parminter" <[email protected]>
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