Scripts - How to

[fish]

How do I write a script to schedule outlook to open up, hence then send receive and more importantly then close itself down at a later point.


Any help appreciated

James

[Plotloss]

You can open it up using a scheduled task.

You can set it to check send and recieve on opening.

Closing it would need a bit of script but if you can leave it open you dont have to...

[fish]

I'm aware of that but I did want to close it afterwards....

[Plotloss]

Well then you need to communicate with Outlook across the COM sending it the Close method.

Should be simple, plenty of technical forums out there to aid your task.

[Mr E]

Can you not simply leave outlook running and set it to periodically check for new mail?

Or is there a reason that's not good?

[Plotloss]

As I am feeling generous

//This starts outlook
Set oShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
oShell.Run "outlook"

//Close
oShell.Quit

You will need to control how long its open and the send recieve response yourself.

[fish]

Thats very kind but I don't know how to do that either.

I've managed an xcopy script though. What is a good site for indicating the main commands for scripts.

[Plotloss]

Look for Outlook API

This will show you the methods and properties connected with Outlook.

The only thing left to code is you need it to not quit until the send/recieve has finished.