Second birthday field for spouse

[Melissa]

Hello,

I created a custom field to track the spouse's birthday. How can I automate
sending the spouse's birthday to the calender?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

You would have to put code behind the form to create a new appointment (Application.CreateItem), populate its properties and save it. Use the Item_Write event handler.

 

[Melissa]

Thanks Sue. Can you point me where I can find the specific instructions for
adding the code to the form? BTW, I am using Outlook 2003.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

I've posted some basics at http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?ID=35, along with links to other resources. At that site you can also get the code from my latest book. Listing 20.9 is similar to your project, while Listing 20.10 takes a VBA approach.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54

 

[Will]

Sue,

In your book, you provide code to caluclate the accurate age in years for
a given birthday. I don't know how to deploy that script. I clicked on the
[Show Script] and put it in there.. but that doesn't seem to work. Guidance?

C

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Will, given that I have a couple of books out there, a page reference and a little more detail about the context of your project would be helpful.

ALso, when you bring up a new topic, it's better to start your own thread than piggyback on someone else's.