I know some programming, but I prefer to leave that up to the
propeller-heads. My strength is more 'big picture' make everything work
together. In terms of your specific needs, may I suggest you look at
Lexis/Nexis Time Matters package. I have a small client that is using it and
they love it.

John

"Lady Dungeness" wrote:

Good morning John,

Let's go ahead and keep it on the newsgroup for a while; perhaps it will
attract some other legal users of Outlook. Who knows, we may be the start
of something great!

My needs are modest; I'll be having a solo practice, and don't expect to be
doing any trial work. Document management will be more important to me than
a tickler system. But of course, I'm always happy to offer what I can to
others.

You know programming?

Lady D
Crabs are Deeeeeeeeeeeelicious!


"John Simons" wrote in message
...
| Yes Milly, I had already Googled that and found the offerings wanting. It
| turns out that there is nothing that I could find that did an 'automatic'
| populating of the calendar based on a given date. There is one (CompuLaw)
| that calculates everything in their proprietary app and then will 'export'
to
| Outlook. The problem is that their app doesn't support exporting to
Public
| Folders and is very expensive. I am looking for an MVP or programmer who
may
| have developed something that is a COM plug-in or something similar that
| works something like a macro that will automatically calculate dates prior
to
| a set trial date and then automatically populate the Outlook calendar with
| those appropriate dates (a 'tickler' system as Lady D described). There
are
| some very sophisticated case management systems that do this as well, but
| once again they are very pricey. In this case, Google was not a very good
| friend, but rather a tease.
|
| Anyone else who has something constructive to contribute?
|
| Lady D - should I contact you off-list to discuss your law-firm related
needs?
|
| "Lady Dungeness" wrote:
|
| Milly,
|
| Those law office programs cost a lot of money. Especially for small
| practices, why shouldn't we take advantage of the tools in the Office
suite?
| There's enough power in these applications to allow us to meet our
needs,
| with a bit of tweaking.
|
| I think what OP was looking for was how to automate a tickler system;
when a
| trial date comes up, trial-prep deadline schedule based on the case
type,
| enter the trial date, and bingo, the calendars are populated with
calendar
| deadlines and schedules for what to do, when to do it, and when the
deadline
| is.
|
| I'm willing to bet that OP already knew about the commerical products on
the
| market, the cost, and the conflicts they have with already intstalled
| software such as Outlook.
|
| These groups have gotten into a habit lately of saying "Google is your
| friend." Just what is that supposed to mean? Does that mean, don't post
to
| our group because Google is out there? Then why not close down the
| newsgroups?
|
| Don't mean to be ornery; just trying to express my point of view.
|
| Lady D
| Dungeness are Crabby
|
|
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
| wrote in message
| ...
| Geez - can't anyone do anything for themselves anymore??????
|
|
http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...uling+software
|
| --
| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
|
| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
| reading.
|
| After furious head scratching, Lady Dungeness asked:
|
| | John -- please stick around; I'm needing help with law-office related
| | issues, too;
| |
| | Lady D
| |
| |
| | "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
| | wrote in message
| | ...
| | google is your friend.
| |
| | --
| | Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
| |
| | Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
| | unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
| | reading.
| |
| | After furious head scratching, John Simons asked:
| |
| || I have a law firm client who is running SBS 2003 with OL2003 on the
| || desktops. They are looking for a way to autocreate calendar items on
| || the group calendar based on an upcoming trial date. These items can
| || be a various time intervals prior to the trial date. Is there a way
| || to autocreate (I assume using macros) these calendar/task items
| || and/or is there an applet already out there that does this? thanks
| || for any help you can provide.
| ||
| || John Simons
| || Simons Computer Services
|
|