I tested the code and a quickie VBA macro, as well as one of my own addins
that uses VB6, and I cannot reproduce any problem in persisting changes to
the categories list. See the post by Michael Bauer and see if what he says
applies to your situation.

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Professional Programming Outlook 2007.
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options.
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm


"spottedmahn" wrote in message
...
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

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.

Hi Ken, thanks for testing the code.

I have read Michael Bauer's post and posted a reply.


Mike D.

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

I tested the code and a quickie VBA macro, as well as one of my own addins
that uses VB6, and I cannot reproduce any problem in persisting changes to
the categories list. See the post by Michael Bauer and see if what he says
applies to your situation.

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Professional Programming Outlook 2007.
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options.
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm


"spottedmahn" wrote in message
...
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

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.

Hello Ken,

here is my sample code for deleting existing categories:

Option Explicit

Dim oOutlook : Set oOutlook = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Dim oNameSpace : Set oNameSpace = oOutlook.GetNameSpace("MAPI")
Dim theCategories
Dim theCategory
Dim i


Set theCategories = oNameSpace.Categories

For Each theCategory in theCategories
WScript.StdOut.Writeline theCategory.Name & theCategory.CategoryID
Next

For i = 1 to theCategories.Count
theCategories.Remove 1
Next


I have tested this code once again on a machine with office 2007 sp1 and the
categories were deleted correctly.

After installation of sp2 it seems, that the changes (deleting) of
categories are not saved to the exchange store. The code is running and the
categories seem to be deleted, but after closing and starting outlook, all my
categories are back again.

Any idea or solution?

Manfred



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

As I said to the other poster, I can't repro this problem here on a couple
of Outlook 2007 SP2 systems. I plan to test the poster's code when I get a
chance to see what's going on. All I can say is that I have my own addin
code that completely changes the categories list and it continues to work on
SP2.

If I do turn up a but created by SP2 I'll report it to MS, but that won't
help until or if MS fixes the problem.

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Professional Programming Outlook 2007.
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options.
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm


"Manfred" wrote in message
...
Hi all,

we have a similar problem. We are using two vb-scripts, the first one to
delete all existing categories and a second one to "install" our
predefined
categories. The two scripts were working since Jan/Feb 2009 with Outlook
2007
SP1. It seems that the scripts for the categories are not working anymore
since installing Office 2007 SP2.

We have the same symptoms:
- Outlook 2007 running
- Run one of our vb-script (delete categories or install categories)
- I see all categories deleted and then all our custom predefined
categories
- Close Outlook
- Reopen Outlook
- All changes in categories are gone.

Any idea or solution?

Manfred

It's obviously related to your other problem, but I can't repro it here on
any of my Outlook 2007 SP2 systems. So it's specific to your computer.

A word of advice, when deleting items from a collection use a count down For
loop, not a count up loop. Otherwise the loop usually ends up deleting or
moving only 1/2 of the items in each pass.

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Professional Programming Outlook 2007.
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options.
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm


"Manfred" wrote in message
...
Hello Ken,

here is my sample code for deleting existing categories:

Option Explicit

Dim oOutlook : Set oOutlook = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Dim oNameSpace : Set oNameSpace = oOutlook.GetNameSpace("MAPI")
Dim theCategories
Dim theCategory
Dim i


Set theCategories = oNameSpace.Categories

For Each theCategory in theCategories
WScript.StdOut.Writeline theCategory.Name & theCategory.CategoryID
Next

For i = 1 to theCategories.Count
theCategories.Remove 1
Next


I have tested this code once again on a machine with office 2007 sp1 and
the
categories were deleted correctly.

After installation of sp2 it seems, that the changes (deleting) of
categories are not saved to the exchange store. The code is running and
the
categories seem to be deleted, but after closing and starting outlook, all
my
categories are back again.

Any idea or solution?

Manfred

Hi Ken,

no, this is not a problem with one computer, we have this problem on all
computers.
And it is definitivly reproducable working with SP1 and NOT working with SP2.

The loop was working correctly all the time from Jan 2009 to Jun 2009
(installing SP2), so this is not the problem.

In my opinion this is a problem with saving the changes back to the exchange
mailbox store.

Manfred


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

It's obviously related to your other problem, but I can't repro it here on
any of my Outlook 2007 SP2 systems. So it's specific to your computer.

A word of advice, when deleting items from a collection use a count down For
loop, not a count up loop. Otherwise the loop usually ends up deleting or
moving only 1/2 of the items in each pass.

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Professional Programming Outlook 2007.
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options.
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm


"Manfred" wrote in message
...
Hello Ken,

here is my sample code for deleting existing categories:

Option Explicit

Dim oOutlook : Set oOutlook = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Dim oNameSpace : Set oNameSpace = oOutlook.GetNameSpace("MAPI")
Dim theCategories
Dim theCategory
Dim i


Set theCategories = oNameSpace.Categories

For Each theCategory in theCategories
WScript.StdOut.Writeline theCategory.Name & theCategory.CategoryID
Next

For i = 1 to theCategories.Count
theCategories.Remove 1
Next


I have tested this code once again on a machine with office 2007 sp1 and
the
categories were deleted correctly.

After installation of sp2 it seems, that the changes (deleting) of
categories are not saved to the exchange store. The code is running and
the
categories seem to be deleted, but after closing and starting outlook, all
my
categories are back again.

Any idea or solution?

Manfred

It's obviously not a universal problem since I can't repro it here.

All I can suggest is to open a support case with MS and see what they say.
If it's their bug they will refund or waive the charges for the support
case, if it's not a bug then you pay for the case.

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Professional Programming Outlook 2007.
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options.
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm


"Manfred" wrote in message
...
Hi Ken,

no, this is not a problem with one computer, we have this problem on all
computers.
And it is definitivly reproducable working with SP1 and NOT working with
SP2.

The loop was working correctly all the time from Jan 2009 to Jun 2009
(installing SP2), so this is not the problem.

In my opinion this is a problem with saving the changes back to the
exchange
mailbox store.

Manfred

Thanks for all of your input Ken.

I'll open a case with MSFT and post the results.

Regards,
Mike D.

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

It's obviously not a universal problem since I can't repro it here.

All I can suggest is to open a support case with MS and see what they say.
If it's their bug they will refund or waive the charges for the support
case, if it's not a bug then you pay for the case.

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Professional Programming Outlook 2007.
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options.
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm


"Manfred" wrote in message
...
Hi Ken,

no, this is not a problem with one computer, we have this problem on all
computers.
And it is definitivly reproducable working with SP1 and NOT working with
SP2.

The loop was working correctly all the time from Jan 2009 to Jun 2009
(installing SP2), so this is not the problem.

In my opinion this is a problem with saving the changes back to the
exchange
mailbox store.

Manfred