Linking Outlook request into a Word Document

Is it possible to place a link to a meeting request into
a Word document?

I can think of a couple of ways to do this. If the user is willing to enable
Word macros, you could include Outlook automation code. Or, you could save
the desired appointment information as an iCalendar .ics file on your
network and put in a link to that file.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"Damon" wrote in message
...
Is it possible to place a link to a meeting request into
a Word document?

What I would like to do is Start a Word document with an
agenda then at the end have e link to add to that persons
calendar. But I cant figure out how to insert my created
request into the word document. And I am not familiar
with the automation tool you have mentioned. I cannot
use iCalendar becuse there will be persons from different
networks and not all have access to mine. Can you give
me any guide on this??
-----Original Message-----
I can think of a couple of ways to do this. If the user
is willing to enable
Word macros, you could include Outlook automation code.
Or, you could save
the desired appointment information as an iCalendar .ics
file on your
network and put in a link to that file.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"Damon" wrote in
message
...
Is it possible to place a link to a meeting request
into
a Word document?


.

Not "automation tool" but "automation" -- as in writing VBA code to automate
Outlook. You can create any new item with Outlook's Application.CreateItem
method. Have you written your own macros before (not just recorded them in
Word)?

Once you have the macro working the way you want it to, you can follow the
instructions at
http://office.microsoft.com/assistan...01 0227241033
to add a macrobutton field to your word document that users can double-click
to run the macro. The user of the document, of course, would have to allow
your macro to run.

If you're new to use VBA with Outlook, these web pages should help you get
started:

http://www.outlookcode.com/d/vb.htm

http://www.winnetmag.com/Articles/In...eID=21522&pg=1


--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"DAMON" wrote in message
...
What I would like to do is Start a Word document with an
agenda then at the end have e link to add to that persons
calendar. But I cant figure out how to insert my created
request into the word document. And I am not familiar
with the automation tool you have mentioned. I cannot
use iCalendar becuse there will be persons from different
networks and not all have access to mine. Can you give
me any guide on this??
-----Original Message-----
I can think of a couple of ways to do this. If the user
is willing to enable
Word macros, you could include Outlook automation code.
Or, you could save
the desired appointment information as an iCalendar .ics
file on your
network and put in a link to that file.


"Damon" wrote in
message
...
Is it possible to place a link to a meeting request
into
a Word document?