this might be a little advanced but the challenge is to create a php script that will take user input kind of like a tasks page and when the submit button is pressed that data will be sent to outlook and be displayed in the tasks pane
if your a linux user use whatever you use for your email client
I'm gonna skip this one since I've written more tools to connect to Outlook than I can remember so it wouldn't be fair, but I'll give everyone else one little word to help them along: Com
Ok, since no-one else entered I might as well post my code :) It doesn't take user input purely because I'm too lazy to make a form, but you get the idea
PHP Code:
<?php
/**
* Generates a new task and adds it to Outlook
* This PHP script must be run on the same machine as Outlook for it to work
*/
// Connect to Outlook using the Com interface
try
{
$comOutlook = new Com('Outlook.Application');
}
catch (Exception $e)
{
die('Unable to connect to Outlook: ' . $e->getMessage());
}
// Create the new task
try
{
$newTask = $comOutlook->CreateItem(3);
// Task details - full list of properties: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb177256.aspx
$newTask->Subject = 'Visit TalkPHP';
$newTask->Body = 'Do not forget to visit TalkPHP today!';
$newTask->DueDate = '01/28/08';
// Save the new task
$newTask->Save();
echo 'Task Added';
}
catch (Exception $e)
{
die('Unable to create new task: ' . $e->getMessage());
}
Ok, since no-one else entered I might as well post my code :) It doesn't take user input purely because I'm too lazy to make a form, but you get the idea
PHP Code:
<?php
/**
* Generates a new task and adds it to Outlook
* This PHP script must be run on the same machine as Outlook for it to work
*/
// Connect to Outlook using the Com interface
try
{
$comOutlook = new Com('Outlook.Application');
}
catch (Exception $e)
{
die('Unable to connect to Outlook: ' . $e->getMessage());
}
// Create the new task
try
{
$newTask = $comOutlook->CreateItem(3);
// Task details - full list of properties: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb177256.aspx
$newTask->Subject = 'Visit TalkPHP';
$newTask->Body = 'Do not forget to visit TalkPHP today!';
$newTask->DueDate = '01/28/08';
// Save the new task
$newTask->Save();
echo 'Task Added';
}
catch (Exception $e)
{
die('Unable to create new task: ' . $e->getMessage());
}
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