Sue!

Thank you so much for responding. However, please understand that you
are talking to a kindergartner in regards to Outlook. What, exactly,
is a public folder? What is a public folder home page? What is the
Outlook View Control? I went to the link you provided (which I had
already found with Google) and I have no idea what any of it is talking
about.

Maybe let's start here... I'm an experienced web-based aplication
developer in ASP and .NET, but I know NOTHING about Outlook other then
how to use it to send emails and calendar events. The client only
wants to be billed an hour or two at the most for this project. I need
to report back to them either A) Yes, I can do it in a couple of hours,
or B) It can be done, but it will take more like x hours, or C) What
you are asking for is not possible.

Givin how everything you said below is like Greek to me, but also given
that I am an experienced web-based aplication developer in ASP and .NET
(not VB or VBA), I"m wondering which option, A,B, or C you would tell
this client if you were me. For this little project, I simply can't
take the time to go buy a book and spend hours reading and learning.

What I'm really hoping for is just the ability to assign a key-stroke
to drill them down to the exact location that currntly takes 9 menu
selections.

Thanks for your help.

Casey



Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
Is this for a public folder? A folder in each user's mailbox?

The simplest approach is probably to use a folder home page (web page) with a control for the user's search string and the Outlook View Control (see http://www.outlookcode.com/d/ovc.htm) to show the folder contents.

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Sue Mosher

"Casey" wrote in message ps.com...
Greetings - This is my first post to this group. I have never dealt at
all with customizing Outlook... always been an ASP and ASP.NET (VB.NET)
developer for web based applications.

But, I have a client who wants to simplfy a process in Outlook 2003.
Outlook let's you customize the calendar events that you view. Here's
what they are doing:

View Arrange By Current View Customize View

Then, in the dialog box:

Filter Advanced Field All Appointment Fields Category

Then, in the form, enter the desired value by with they want to filter
their view.

As you can see, it's a long process. They have asked me to come up
with a way to shorten it. Even if I could could create a keystroke
that would bring them right to the final screen/form, that would help a
ton. But ideally, I would like to provide a form field on the tool
bar, and when populated, would filter the view accordingly.

Please keep in mind that I currently know NOTHING about building
macro's in Outlook. Any help, hints, and points to tutorials would be
fantastic.

Thanks,

Casey