xja
01-07-2005, 04:52 AM
Two Outlook integration features I would love to see:
1. Link to Outlook messages (or even other Outlook items) rather than copying them in. When they are deleted in UR, delete them in Outlook. Editing of the linked items doesn't need to be in UR and could just be done by opening the Outlook form.
2. Create an Info Item that is a link to a user-selectable Outlook folder (such as Inbox) AND that, when selected, displays a list of items in that folder in the Item Details pane or the Child Items pane (rather than opening the folder in the Outlook window, as it does now). Then the user could create links by dragging the item onto an Info Item in the Data Explorer pane. This would work similar to the way a Windows folder Info Item works (ie, selecting My Documents folder in the Data Explorer shows Windows Explorer view in Item Details).
I think Outlook's object model exposes enough of the data to be able to do this (in the past, I have written VBA code that enabled linking between Outlook items), but I realize dealing with Outlook security can be a little tricky.
1. Link to Outlook messages (or even other Outlook items) rather than copying them in. When they are deleted in UR, delete them in Outlook. Editing of the linked items doesn't need to be in UR and could just be done by opening the Outlook form.
2. Create an Info Item that is a link to a user-selectable Outlook folder (such as Inbox) AND that, when selected, displays a list of items in that folder in the Item Details pane or the Child Items pane (rather than opening the folder in the Outlook window, as it does now). Then the user could create links by dragging the item onto an Info Item in the Data Explorer pane. This would work similar to the way a Windows folder Info Item works (ie, selecting My Documents folder in the Data Explorer shows Windows Explorer view in Item Details).
I think Outlook's object model exposes enough of the data to be able to do this (in the past, I have written VBA code that enabled linking between Outlook items), but I realize dealing with Outlook security can be a little tricky.