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Paula DiTallo
Hello Fellow Techies-- I am trying to find a workaround for an
integration problem. In a nutshell, here is the description of the
problem. I have a 3rd-party document management system product which
retains the documents within its datastore on an NT server
(iManage/WorkSite) and a client viewer application (MailSite) from the
same 3rd-party vendor that integrates with Microsoft Outlook 2003 to
open the documents through outlook. On an open/file, the product
integrates with Microsoft WORD and Microsoft EXCEL effortlessly. By
this I mean that on a double-click on a document, the document is
automatically checked out, detects a change and asks the user to
either (1)save the changes as a new version; (2) save the changes as
the current version; or (3) cancel the operation. For documents which
the vendor terms as "non-integrated" such as text files (opened and
saved under Notepad.exe) -- changes are not detected--even though the
document is checked out. Once the user closes the application window,
changes made or not are automatically checked-in. This offers an
opportunity for new-users not familiar with an elaborate workaround
check-out procedure to unintentionally overwrite documents. My
question to this forum: Is there a way for me to write a Macro within
Outlook 2003 wich will prevent the users from performinng a
double-click open/read/write when just the 3rd-party documents are
displayed (not emails)--or have the macro open as read-only on a
double-click when displaying documents and not emails? I am open to
any and all suggestions...
Warm regards,
Paula DiTallo
(e-mail address removed)
integration problem. In a nutshell, here is the description of the
problem. I have a 3rd-party document management system product which
retains the documents within its datastore on an NT server
(iManage/WorkSite) and a client viewer application (MailSite) from the
same 3rd-party vendor that integrates with Microsoft Outlook 2003 to
open the documents through outlook. On an open/file, the product
integrates with Microsoft WORD and Microsoft EXCEL effortlessly. By
this I mean that on a double-click on a document, the document is
automatically checked out, detects a change and asks the user to
either (1)save the changes as a new version; (2) save the changes as
the current version; or (3) cancel the operation. For documents which
the vendor terms as "non-integrated" such as text files (opened and
saved under Notepad.exe) -- changes are not detected--even though the
document is checked out. Once the user closes the application window,
changes made or not are automatically checked-in. This offers an
opportunity for new-users not familiar with an elaborate workaround
check-out procedure to unintentionally overwrite documents. My
question to this forum: Is there a way for me to write a Macro within
Outlook 2003 wich will prevent the users from performinng a
double-click open/read/write when just the 3rd-party documents are
displayed (not emails)--or have the macro open as read-only on a
double-click when displaying documents and not emails? I am open to
any and all suggestions...
Warm regards,
Paula DiTallo
(e-mail address removed)