calendar label/rules across users/machines

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Steven Cohn - 15 Feb 2005 01:22 GMT

I have an application that requires mutplie public calendars, on which I
want to set automatic "coloring rules". The problem is that, as I
undertand it, I would have to set the colors and rules on every
user/machine that needs it set up this way. I am looking for a way to
script the creation of the correct label text values and rules so I can
automatically apply them to multiple machines, but I can't seem to find
any doucmentation on this.

Anybody know how to do this, or where I can find the appopriate
documentation?

Thanks,
Steve Cohn

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 18 Feb 2005 19:30 GMT

I finally figured out how to do calendar labels this week. See
http://www.outlookcode.com/codedetail.aspx?id=757 for sample code.

It is not possible to programmatically create or modify automatic formatting
rules, however.

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>I have an application that requires mutplie public calendars, on which I
>want to set automatic "coloring rules". The problem is that, as I
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> Thanks,
> Steve Cohn

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Steven Cohn - 24 Feb 2005 06:33 GMT

Sue -
Thanks! this looks good - but in looking over your site I came across
something that is "Almost" exactly what I want - The Availability Viewer
- However (always a cath right!).

Is there any way to get it to show the Label Colors rather than the
"availability' colors? Alternatively, is there any way to alter/add to
the "show time as" list? My application involves a number of Dr.s and
Nurses who work at multiple offices - I need to show at a glance, all
the people, and where they are (office 1,2,3, vacation, surgery,etc).

Thanks,
Steve Cohn

> I finally figured out how to do calendar labels this week. See
> http://www.outlookcode.com/codedetail.aspx?id=757 for sample code.
>
> It is not possible to programmatically create or modify automatic formatting
> rules, however.

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 24 Feb 2005 12:03 GMT

Not in the availability grid, which simply does what it's designed to do,
which is manage free/busy information. See
http://www.slipstick.com/calendar/scheduleall.htm for applications that may
be more like what you're looking for.

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> Sue -
> Thanks! this looks good - but in looking over your site I came across
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>> It is not possible to programmatically create or modify automatic
>> formatting rules, however.

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