Keystroke interception by macros

[Guest]

SO, the question is.. Can you program outlook to
intercept keystrokes and perform actions based on those
keystrokes? The "why" follows..

I recently purchased a program called "QuickFile" which I
like a lot, except that I'd like to make it even simpler.

I'd like to be able to enter a mode where each message is
filed based on keystrokes. If I want to file a message
under MDA_04_093 for example, I'd like to be able to
type "M" and get a list of all folders beginning with "M"
then "D" to get all folders beginning with "MD", etc.

I purchased the excellent book by Sue Mosher on Outlook
Programming very recently. So far I haven't found
anything that suggests this is possible.

jim

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

No. Outlook provides no way to do that at the application, only perhaps in a
VBA userform. There are general Windows keystroke programming tools that
might help, but I haven't followed those in years.

 

[Jim Lyke]

So, in theory, I could have VBA present different messages
in a particular folder to me, and then take actions based
on keystrokes? Even that would be useful, and I would be
willing to break down and learn enough about this to
create the program. -jim

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

In theory, yes, since a VBA userform does have a KeyPress event.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Jim Lyke]

Thanks, I should have packed your book for my trip! -jim

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Well, it definitely doesn't cover KeyPress <g>! But you can read about that
in Help.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers