Outlook Form which will display the number of minutes until the next meeting

[PurpleK]

I'm looking for a customization to the Calendar form in Outlook which
will display the number of minutes until the next meeting and for all
the meetings that day. I know it probably seems silly but our sales
people would like to view their calendar for the day and see a counter
which would tell them how many minutes they have until their next
meeting and subsequent meetings for the day.

Thanks in advance for your time,

Tom

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Customizing the form wouldn't necessarily affect the view, which sounds like
what you're really aiming for. I can't imagine a way to do this without
swamping your system. Think about it: For this to work, Outlook would have
to update the display every minute with the new value for the minutes.

 

[PurpleK]

Sue,

Thanks for the quick response. I see what you mean about the extra load
it would place on Outlook, but I don't expect them to be viewing the
Calendar form for extended periods of time. If you think it is more
than possible I would like to explore what it would take to make it
happen. If using your book would make a difference I would be more than
happy to started.

Thanks again,
Tom


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[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Now I'm confused. First you talked about a form. Then you implied that users
wanted to see this information in their Calendar folder view. Which is it?

Also note: The newsgroup interface you are using apparently does not quote
earlier messages in the thread, making your latest message so short on
detail that you risk not getting the answer you're looking for. Please take
the time to quote the original message.

 

[PurpleK]

Sue,

Ideally the users would like to see a counter in their appointment which
will tell them how many minutes they have until their next meeting. So
if the user was in Outlook and opened their Calendar and it displayed
all events for today's date it would also have a counter displaying how
many minutes until that appointment.

If this functionality is not feasible in the Calendar view would it be
feasible some other way?

I suggested buying everyone a watch that had sweeping hands but that did
not go over very well. ;-)

Thanks again for your time and assistance,
Tom

Now I'm confused. First you talked about a form. Then you >implied that users
wanted to see this information in their Calendar folder >view. Which is it?

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
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Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

Sue,

Thanks for the quick response. I see what you mean about the extra load
it would place on Outlook, but I don't expect them to be viewing the
Calendar form for extended periods of time. If you think it is more
than possible I would like to explore what it would take to make it
happen. If using your book would make a difference I would be more than
happy to started.

Thanks again,
Tom

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[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

It is not possible to show such information in a Day/Week/Month calendar
view without a background process running to update the Subject property
(which is what you see in the view) of every item, every minute. Not a good
idea.

In a table view, you could use a custom formula field using the DateDiff()
function:

DateDiff("n", Now, [Start])

But few people use a table view to look at their appointments.