RE: Event scheduling and reminders

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Let us know how you get on - I'd be very interested :)

Paul.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Howell [mailto:martin.howell@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 27 November 2004 13:39
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Event scheduling and reminders
>
>
> Many thanks, this sounds like the way to go. I'm not really concerned
> with work-type appointments, with their frequent changes, as I use my
> Palm for this.  My main concern is with routine tasks around the house
> that can't easily be automated (like checking the gas tank level
> monthly), and which keep getting forgotten, so using Outlook as the
> trigger would probably be OK.  Looks like I may have to brush the dust
> off my VB after all. :-(
>
> Martin
>
> Paul Gordon wrote:
>
> >There are several ways to go about this...
> >
> >You can do it "from" the outlook side, by writing an
add-in for outlook
> >to intercept the various events firing (reminders etc.) then get
it to
> >do something HA-ish as a result.
> >
> >Alternatively, you can call in to outlook from an external app,
(even VB
> >script), and pull out appointment & reminder details etc. I
have
> >previously done this as part of my morning wake-up alarm script
running
> >under Homeseer (the script is a normal VB script though, so should
be OK
> >with pretty much any windows app). Each morning the script opens
my
> >outlook calendar and reads out any appointments I have set for the
day
> >ahead.
> >
> >Using the 2nd method obviously means that you can't really use
Outlook
> >as the triggering mechanism, since you need your external app to
poll
> >the calendar to get the details, so you'd have to have it
constantly
> >polling to pick up any updates to your schedule.
> >
> >If you were running Homeseer, there is already an Outlook
integration
> >plugin available that does all if this and more...
> >
> >http://www.homeseer.com/products/plugins/rocoutlook/
> >
> >HTH
> >
> >Paul G.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Martin Howell [mailto:martin.howell@xxxxxxx]
> >>Sent: 27 November 2004 11:45
> >>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> >>Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Event scheduling and reminders
> >>
> >>
> >>How can I get Outlook to give an output like this?  Don't have
> >>
> >>
> >Homeseer
> >
> >
> >>but could hook it into some other stuff
> >>
> >>Martin
> >>
> >>Paul Gordon wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Which of course *can* be automated, and can link up with
Homeseer to
> >>>announce outlook reminders via TTS over the whole-house
speakers and
> >>>
> >>>
> >so
> >
> >
> >>>on...
> >>>
> >>>Paul G.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>>From: Graham Howe [mailto:graham@xxxxxxx]
> >>>>Sent: 27 November 2004 11:06
> >>>>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> >>>>Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Event scheduling and reminders
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>Outlook Tasks?
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> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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