I am trying to write a Macro that will notify, and manage documents on my
Network, using Outlook Mail. I would like to hear feedback from the Online
community for user's that have attempted doc control.
There are several doc cntrl packackes avaliable (i.e. FlieHold, and
Sharepoint). I am looking for a straight-forward (alternative), and less
costly solution.
Ultimately, I would like to have approval, storage, and retrieval, be
performed through Outlook.
Please advise. Any suggestions that the online community can provide will be
helpful.

You're thinking of doing this in Exchange public folders? Don't. Not only are public folders on the way out, but they really provide no way to do check-in, check-out. Think SharePoint instead. Outlook 2007 will allow full synchronization of SharePoint 2007 document libraries.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"CadTeacher2" wrote in message ...
I am trying to write a Macro that will notify, and manage documents on my
Network, using Outlook Mail. I would like to hear feedback from the Online
community for user's that have attempted doc control.
There are several doc cntrl packackes avaliable (i.e. FlieHold, and
Sharepoint). I am looking for a straight-forward (alternative), and less
costly solution.
Ultimately, I would like to have approval, storage, and retrieval, be
performed through Outlook.
Please advise. Any suggestions that the online community can provide will be
helpful.

Most workflow solutions involving Outlook are actually built upon Exchange
using the Exchange Workflow Designer. You certainly will never see a
workflow solution for Outlook using just macros, as this involves complicated
server side development to build a solution of any worth.

If document-based workflow in Outlook is what you want, you're not going to
like my answer: Outlook 2007 with SharePoint 2007.

--
Eric Legault (Outlook MVP, MCDBA, MCTS: Messaging & Collaboration)
Try Picture Attachments Wizard for Outlook:
http://www.collaborativeinnovations.ca
Blog: http://blogs.officezealot.com/legault/


"CadTeacher2" wrote:

I am trying to write a Macro that will notify, and manage documents on my
Network, using Outlook Mail. I would like to hear feedback from the Online
community for user's that have attempted doc control.
There are several doc cntrl packackes avaliable (i.e. FlieHold, and
Sharepoint). I am looking for a straight-forward (alternative), and less
costly solution.
Ultimately, I would like to have approval, storage, and retrieval, be
performed through Outlook.
Please advise. Any suggestions that the online community can provide will be
helpful.