Comments on: Pimping Microsoft Outlook

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:24:33 +0000

Sorry Alan. You’d really have to ask Google (though of course I doubt they’d give you the time of day…) I’ve used it successfully with POP accounts, IMAP accounts on Gmail, and now Exchange accounts. The only thing I can think of is that Google Apps Sync is somehow “listening” for changes in a non-standard way. This is pure speculation of course.

One thing that might be interesting is if you could use the Outlook 2010 beta. If Google App Sync is compatible with it, Outlook 2010 has quick actions that you could customize to file messages away to your folder of choice. This would replace the macro part of the archive button. You could still use AHK to call the shortcut of this Outlook action, giving you a single key press to invoke. If that causes problems too, then there’s nothing more I can think of besides ditching Google app sync or getting them to fix it.

By: Alan

Alan — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:15:42 +0000

I am using Google Apps Sync for Outlook. This Macro doesn’t seem to play well with it. Email simply disappears. Anyone here have a solution?

I found a link here where someone had the same problem as me, but it seems they haven’t found a fix.

http://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/Software/Office_Productivity/Groupware/Outlook/How-to-make-an-%27Archive%27-button-in-Outlook.html

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:20:54 +0000

@gmmazza, to respond over a month after the question… I don’t know. I don’t use IMAP so I’m afraid you’re on your own if IMAP works differently in some way.

By: adam k

adam k — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:52:01 +0000

this is a great script and definitely help with productivity when you live in outlook all day

By: gmmazza

gmmazza — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:23:16 +0000

Hi Jay, I just installed the script to move files, I want to know if you have several imap inboxes and I want to move the message to the corresponding folder in each acount:
acount (top level folder) do [("top level folder".inbox to "top level folder".archive")
pe: acount work [(work.inbox) to (work.archive)]
acount personal [(personal.inbox) to (personal.archive)]

I found this:

Set objFolder = objNS.Folders(“Top-level folder”).Folders(“Nested folder”)

That can work? I don’t have any Idea of programming that’s why I bother you.
Just get me a direction, I will try to discover what to do.
Thank you!

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:50:24 +0000

I’m sure there is. Good luck writing it.

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:39:46 +0000

Is there a way to create a macro that when an email from a certain person comes in, that it will click a url in the email?

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:18:15 +0000

You’re right. Thanks for spotting that. I’ve edited my prior comment for accuracy, but will leave your correction for posterity.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:40:23 +0000

HeyA J

Thanks the reply!

There’s a typo though……you might want to fix for the next person that cut-and-paste’s

You have ^l for ALT+L and say ^ = ALT

but ALT = !
(Ctrl=^)

Took me a bit to figure out but am now happy as larry

Thanks again,
Alex
(PS, feel free to just fix and then delete this comment)

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:02:27 +0000

Alex, you can probably assign the button a keyboard shortcut, and then modify the AutoHotkey (AHK) code to send that shortcut to Outlook when you press Y.

It would look something like this:

In Outlook, right click on any one of your toolbars and choose Customize. Then, go to the ClearContext button on the toolbar (not on the window that pops up) and right click on it. You’ll see a field labeled “Name:” It might say ClearContext or perhaps Clear&Context. What ever character comes after the ampersand is the shortcut key Outlook will use (in combination with ALT).

So if you renamed your button C&learContext, then ALT + L would be the outlook shortcut. Clea&rContext would be ALT + R. Try it in Outlook first to make sure it’s working.

If it’s working, then it’s trivial to edit the AHK file and add something like this:
y::HandleOutlookKeys(“!l”, “y”) ;calls ClearContext button

This sends ALT + L to the screen when messages are selected, otherwise it sends Y.

Good luck.