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I am looking for code or a third-party product to manage Outlook Tasks. Our problem is visibility to status of assigned recurring tasks as a completion update is not sent until the end of the recurrence series. Do you know of a product that can include a Master Task repository, the ability to set recurrence on these tasks and eventually issue/or assign each instance of recurrence for each task to an individual to complete. We then need the completion status to travel back up to the database for historical reporting and to send email reminder if the task is still outstanding.

I?ve looked at several products already (SQLView, Taskline) and they are not appropriate for our needs. I?m thinking we may need to set up our own SQL database as a repository, and initiate each task from there, but that would require programming code to manage the tasks. If you know of sql code to assist with this, that would also qualify for points here.

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by kdrungilas

Thanks, but the first place I turned was "Microsoft Outlook Programming" by Sue Mosher and her slipstick.com web site. Sorry I didn't mention that in my question. I've been to all the MVP's websites also, Diane Poremsky, Ken Slovak, etc. I've beento vbaforums.com, outlookcode.com and newsgroups on outlook, outlook.vba, sql programming, etc. Thanks anyway.

by kdrungilas

I have been working with Orbisoft, a New Zealand company, for several weeks testing their alpha and beta versions of Task Manager 2003. Their soon-to-be-released version of software does integrate and synchronize with Outlook, unlike their current market version Task Manager 2000.

Thanks a bunch for the tip. Since we're among the first to use TM2003, I've been able to ask for the features our company really wanted and Orbisoft has been great to implement them in the upcoming release.

by kdrungilas

Thanks DK--It does not appear that Task Manager 2003 works within the Outlook Model but is a stand-alone product at a price of about $12,000+ if utilized. I have requested more information from the company to learn if its even possible to customizeand integrate with Outlook. Have you used this product yourself?

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