It appears that the "reminder" feature turns off when you assign the
task. You are no longer the owner so the "new" owner would need to set
a reminder. Even if you added it manually, it would get wiped out
when the delegate updates the status of the assigned task. Maybe a
followup email reminding them to complete the task?

I found a site with more information:
http://www.windowsitpro.com/Windows/...437/38437.html

ps- there are some errors in your code, if you need help fixing please
let me know.


HTH,
JP


On Jan 14, 5:01*am, Gauthier
wrote:
I've written some vba to send task requests from Excel 2003 (after activating
Outlook 2003 library). Everything works fine except the reminder checkbox
which remains empty although activating the ReminderSet property.

Sub SendBackupTaskToCustomer()
* *Dim StartingRow, RequestCount As Integer
* *Dim ExtractedDate As Date
* *Dim ExtractedAsset, ExtractedUser As String
* *Dim myOlApp As Outlook.Application
* *Dim myOlTask As Outlook.TaskItem

* *'verify action before starting to send task requests
* *If MsgBox("Send task request for " & Selection.Rows.Count & "
customers?", vbOKCancel) = vbCancel Then Exit Sub

* *Set myOlApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
* *StartingRow = Selection.Row
* *For RequestCount = 0 To Selection.Rows.Count - 1
* * * Set myOlTask = myOlApp.CreateItem(olTaskItem)

* * * 'get date from column A
* * * ExtractedDate = Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells(StartingRow + RequestCount,
1).Value

* * * 'get asset id from column B and user from col D
* * * ExtractedAsset = Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells(StartingRow +
RequestCount, 2).Value
* * * ExtractedUser = Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells(StartingRow + RequestCount,
4).Value
* * * If ExtractedUser = "" Or ExtractedAsset = "" Then
* * * * *MsgBox ("Selection empty at row " & StartingRow + RequestCount & ".
Process stopped")
* * * * *Exit Sub
* * * End If

* * * With myOlTask
* * * * *'.From = "Migration XPSP2"
* * * * *.Subject = "Migration: run backup.cmd to back up " & ExtractedAsset
& " documents before " & _
* * * * * * * * * * *(ExtractedDate - 1)
* * * * *.Body = "It is mandatory for the safety of your files that, the day
before migration, " & _
* * * * * * * * * "you launch the process called Backup.cmd located as
defined below:" & vbCrLf & _
* * * * * * * * * "M:\Sites\Braine\Migration\Tools\Backup.cmd"

* * * * *.DueDate = ExtractedDate - 1
* * * * *.Importance = olImportanceHigh
* * * * *.ReminderSet = True
* * * * *.ReminderTime = ExtractedDate - 2
* * * * *.ReminderPlaySound = True
* * * * *.ReminderSoundFile = "C:\Windows\Media\Ding.wav" * * *

* * * * *.Recipients.Add (ExtractedUser)
* * * * *.Assign
* * * * *.Send
* * * End With
* * * Set myOlTask = Nothing
* *Next RequestCount
* *Set myOlApp = Nothing
End Sub

Configuration: Windows XP SP2 + Office 2003 SP2/SP3