[Zope] Outlook -> Zope help needed

M. Adam Kendall mak@kha0s.org
23 Aug 2001 14:35:25 -0400


I beleive that's what Andy was getting at.  Write a python
script that calls the Outlook export function via COM

On 23 Aug 2001 11:18:36 -0700, Loren Stafford wrote:
> Sure. But that would be "reinventing the wheel", and therefore a solution of
> last resort. The export function already exists in Outlook. I don't want to
> duplicate it; just invoke it.
> 
> -- Thanks anyway
> -- Loren
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Andy McKay [mailto:andym@ActiveState.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 10:34
> > To: lstafford@morphics.com; zope@zope.org
> > Subject: Re: [Zope] Outlook -> Zope help needed
> >
> >
> > <guess>Use pythoncom to write a python script that does the
> > export. Run that
> > as a scheduled task</guess>
> >
> > Cheers.
> > --
> >   Andy McKay.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Loren Stafford" <lstafford@morphics.com>
> > To: <zope@zope.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 10:30 AM
> > Subject: [Zope] Outlook -> Zope help needed
> >
> >
> > > This is really more of an MS Outlook than an Zope question.
> > >
> > > I want to provide a view on out Zope Intranet into a special Calendar
> > folder
> > > in Outlook on NT4 Terminal Server. It would be sufficient (not
> > to mention
> > > easier than doing MAPI programming) to periodically export the Calendar
> > > folder to a file, where Zope could read it over the network. Outlook has
> > > such an export function, which you can use if you are sitting at the
> > > keyboard running Outlook. However, I do not see how to invoke the export
> > > function automatically.
> > >
> > > Does anyone know how to automatically and periodically make
> > Outlook export
> > a
> > > folder?
> > >
> > > -- Thanks
> > > -- Loren
> > >
> > >
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