I hope I'm not double posting... I clicked post but the dialog never went away.

No, I don't we are using IMAP but how do I verify? If I look at my account
settings the type is "Exchange" which suspect means MAPI.

I am connecting to an Exchange server.

Are you asking if I can update my calendar? If so, then yes I can modify my
calendar.

Yes, I can add categories using Outlook dialog. To test I added a new
category, assigned it to an email, remoted into our terminal server, opened
Outlook and the email was there with the new category.


Thanks,
Mike D.

"Michael Bauer [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:



Is your default mail account by chance IMAP? That could explain it as IMAP
doesn't support categories. Outlook won't try to write the categories to the
Master Category List until you close it, and that's when they get lost.

Other ideas: you're connected to a mailserver other than Exchange, or you
don't have the permission to write to the default calendar of the mailbox.

Did you test already whether or not you can add categories to the mailbox by
using Outlook's Categorize dialog?

--
Best regards
Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook

: Outlook Categories? Category Manager Is Your Tool
: VBOffice Reporter for Data Analysis & Reporting
: http://www.vboffice.net/product.html?pub=6&lang=en


Am Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:15:01 -0700 schrieb spottedmahn:

Hi Ken, thanks again for the response.

Yes the both branches of that if else are being executed. I put a
breakpoint in each of them and stepped thru the code.

Here is a screen shot of what is happening:
http://spottedmahn.spaces.live.com/b...016B!407.entry


"Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

The line that I see on a brief scan of the code that actually adds a new
category to the Categories collection is this:

this.olNS.Categories.Add(Cat.Name, Cat.Color, Cat.ShortcutKey);

Are you sure this line is actually being executed in your code? Maybe add
a
Debug.Writeline() call just before that line to verify it is being hit,
otherwise whatever you do won't persist.

If you use the Outlook dialog to add a category, see if it still exists in
your Master Category List, i.e. the list you see when you click the
Categorize button, after re-starting Outlook.

--
Best regards
Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook

: Outlook Categories? Category Manager Is Your Tool
: VBOffice Reporter for Data Analysis & Reporting
: http://www.vboffice.net/product.html?pub=6&lang=en


Am Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:52:01 -0700 schrieb spottedmahn:

I hope I'm not double posting... I clicked post but the dialog never went
away.

No, I don't we are using IMAP but how do I verify? If I look at my
account
settings the type is "Exchange" which suspect means MAPI.

I am connecting to an Exchange server.

Are you asking if I can update my calendar? If so, then yes I can modify
my
calendar.

Yes, I can add categories using Outlook dialog. To test I added a new
category, assigned it to an email, remoted into our terminal server,
opened
Outlook and the email was there with the new category.


Thanks,
Mike D.

"Michael Bauer [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:



Is your default mail account by chance IMAP? That could explain it as
IMAP
doesn't support categories. Outlook won't try to write the categories to
the
Master Category List until you close it, and that's when they get lost.

Other ideas: you're connected to a mailserver other than Exchange, or you
don't have the permission to write to the default calendar of the
mailbox.

Did you test already whether or not you can add categories to the mailbox
by
using Outlook's Categorize dialog?

--
Best regards
Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook

: Outlook Categories? Category Manager Is Your Tool
: VBOffice Reporter for Data Analysis & Reporting
: http://www.vboffice.net/product.html?pub=6&lang=en


Am Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:15:01 -0700 schrieb spottedmahn:

Hi Ken, thanks again for the response.

Yes the both branches of that if else are being executed. I put a
breakpoint in each of them and stepped thru the code.

Here is a screen shot of what is happening:
http://spottedmahn.spaces.live.com/b...016B!407.entry


"Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

The line that I see on a brief scan of the code that actually adds a
new
category to the Categories collection is this:

this.olNS.Categories.Add(Cat.Name, Cat.Color, Cat.ShortcutKey);

Are you sure this line is actually being executed in your code? Maybe
add
a
Debug.Writeline() call just before that line to verify it is being hit,
otherwise whatever you do won't persist.

Yes, I have added a new category via the Outlook dialog, close and reopened
Outlook and the category is there.

"Michael Bauer [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:



If you use the Outlook dialog to add a category, see if it still exists in
your Master Category List, i.e. the list you see when you click the
Categorize button, after re-starting Outlook.

--
Best regards
Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook

: Outlook Categories? Category Manager Is Your Tool
: VBOffice Reporter for Data Analysis & Reporting
: http://www.vboffice.net/product.html?pub=6&lang=en


Am Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:52:01 -0700 schrieb spottedmahn:

I hope I'm not double posting... I clicked post but the dialog never went
away.

No, I don't we are using IMAP but how do I verify? If I look at my
account
settings the type is "Exchange" which suspect means MAPI.

I am connecting to an Exchange server.

Are you asking if I can update my calendar? If so, then yes I can modify
my
calendar.

Yes, I can add categories using Outlook dialog. To test I added a new
category, assigned it to an email, remoted into our terminal server,
opened
Outlook and the email was there with the new category.


Thanks,
Mike D.

"Michael Bauer [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:



Is your default mail account by chance IMAP? That could explain it as
IMAP
doesn't support categories. Outlook won't try to write the categories to
the
Master Category List until you close it, and that's when they get lost.

Other ideas: you're connected to a mailserver other than Exchange, or you
don't have the permission to write to the default calendar of the
mailbox.

Did you test already whether or not you can add categories to the mailbox
by
using Outlook's Categorize dialog?

--
Best regards
Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook

: Outlook Categories? Category Manager Is Your Tool
: VBOffice Reporter for Data Analysis & Reporting
: http://www.vboffice.net/product.html?pub=6&lang=en


Am Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:15:01 -0700 schrieb spottedmahn:

Hi Ken, thanks again for the response.

Yes the both branches of that if else are being executed. I put a
breakpoint in each of them and stepped thru the code.

Here is a screen shot of what is happening:
http://spottedmahn.spaces.live.com/b...016B!407.entry


"Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

The line that I see on a brief scan of the code that actually adds a
new
category to the Categories collection is this:

this.olNS.Categories.Add(Cat.Name, Cat.Color, Cat.ShortcutKey);

Are you sure this line is actually being executed in your code? Maybe
add
a
Debug.Writeline() call just before that line to verify it is being hit,
otherwise whatever you do won't persist.