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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)
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)