When scheduling an activity, you are able to customize lables - description
and color... so that you can select the "Label" you want. e.g. Project
Overview meetings are blue. This allows you to standardize the color of
different types of activities on the calendar.

Once you have defined your label descriptions and colors, is it possible to
transfer these settings to other users or apply them Globally?

I am asking as I have two users who share calendars. They have defined the
labels so they are identical. If they want to apply a label to their own
calendar, the choices available are the ones they defined. HOWEVER, If they
try to apply a label to an activity on the other users calendar, the drop
down shows the orignal default settings.

So I guess what we really want to do is change the default listing... and
changing it on each machine does not appear to do that.

Thanks for any suggestions that can help resolve this.
--
Tomster

It's possible with custom programming scripts, assuming CDO 1.21 is installed on each machine. Search my http://www.outlookcode.com site for -- calendar color labels -- to see sample code. Note that the color labels are per-folder, not per-user

Outlook 2007 makes this process much easier.

--
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

"Tomster" wrote in message ...
When scheduling an activity, you are able to customize lables - description
and color... so that you can select the "Label" you want. e.g. Project
Overview meetings are blue. This allows you to standardize the color of
different types of activities on the calendar.

Once you have defined your label descriptions and colors, is it possible to
transfer these settings to other users or apply them Globally?

I am asking as I have two users who share calendars. They have defined the
labels so they are identical. If they want to apply a label to their own
calendar, the choices available are the ones they defined. HOWEVER, If they
try to apply a label to an activity on the other users calendar, the drop
down shows the orignal default settings.

So I guess what we really want to do is change the default listing... and
changing it on each machine does not appear to do that.

Thanks for any suggestions that can help resolve this.
--
Tomster

When you say "per folder" do you mean that if a user has a personal folder,
it would apply to that folder and all sub-folders or would we have to
manipulate the code for each sub folder as well.
--
Tomster


"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

It's possible with custom programming scripts, assuming CDO 1.21 is installed on each machine. Search my http://www.outlookcode.com site for -- calendar color labels -- to see sample code. Note that the color labels are per-folder, not per-user

Outlook 2007 makes this process much easier.

--
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

"Tomster" wrote in message ...
When scheduling an activity, you are able to customize lables - description
and color... so that you can select the "Label" you want. e.g. Project
Overview meetings are blue. This allows you to standardize the color of
different types of activities on the calendar.

Once you have defined your label descriptions and colors, is it possible to
transfer these settings to other users or apply them Globally?

I am asking as I have two users who share calendars. They have defined the
labels so they are identical. If they want to apply a label to their own
calendar, the choices available are the ones they defined. HOWEVER, If they
try to apply a label to an activity on the other users calendar, the drop
down shows the orignal default settings.

So I guess what we really want to do is change the default listing... and
changing it on each machine does not appear to do that.

Thanks for any suggestions that can help resolve this.
--
Tomster

No, per-folder means per-folder. Each folder has its own labels.

--
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

"Tomster" wrote in message ...
When you say "per folder" do you mean that if a user has a personal folder,
it would apply to that folder and all sub-folders or would we have to
manipulate the code for each sub folder as well.
--
Tomster


"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

It's possible with custom programming scripts, assuming CDO 1.21 is installed on each machine. Search my http://www.outlookcode.com site for -- calendar color labels -- to see sample code. Note that the color labels are per-folder, not per-user

Outlook 2007 makes this process much easier.


"Tomster" wrote in message ...
When scheduling an activity, you are able to customize lables - description
and color... so that you can select the "Label" you want. e.g. Project
Overview meetings are blue. This allows you to standardize the color of
different types of activities on the calendar.

Once you have defined your label descriptions and colors, is it possible to
transfer these settings to other users or apply them Globally?

I am asking as I have two users who share calendars. They have defined the
labels so they are identical. If they want to apply a label to their own
calendar, the choices available are the ones they defined. HOWEVER, If they
try to apply a label to an activity on the other users calendar, the drop
down shows the orignal default settings.

So I guess what we really want to do is change the default listing... and
changing it on each machine does not appear to do that.

Thanks for any suggestions that can help resolve this.
--
Tomster

Now I'm confused.

If I have the calendar open... and click on the Calendar Coloring button...
I can edit the name and colors for the label options. If I click anywhere
else (besides calendar) on the folders tree, I no longer see the calendar or
the calendar coloring option. So with apologies for being dense, I am not
sure how these settings are specific to a "folder" since the only place you
can set them is in the calendar, not a folder.

So maybe I am misunderstanding what you mean by folder in this context.
--
Tomster


"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

No, per-folder means per-folder. Each folder has its own labels.

--
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

"Tomster" wrote in message ...
When you say "per folder" do you mean that if a user has a personal folder,
it would apply to that folder and all sub-folders or would we have to
manipulate the code for each sub folder as well.
--
Tomster


"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

It's possible with custom programming scripts, assuming CDO 1.21 is installed on each machine. Search my http://www.outlookcode.com site for -- calendar color labels -- to see sample code. Note that the color labels are per-folder, not per-user

Outlook 2007 makes this process much easier.


"Tomster" wrote in message ...
When scheduling an activity, you are able to customize lables - description
and color... so that you can select the "Label" you want. e.g. Project
Overview meetings are blue. This allows you to standardize the color of
different types of activities on the calendar.

Once you have defined your label descriptions and colors, is it possible to
transfer these settings to other users or apply them Globally?

I am asking as I have two users who share calendars. They have defined the
labels so they are identical. If they want to apply a label to their own
calendar, the choices available are the ones they defined. HOWEVER, If they
try to apply a label to an activity on the other users calendar, the drop
down shows the orignal default settings.

So I guess what we really want to do is change the default listing... and
changing it on each machine does not appear to do that.

Thanks for any suggestions that can help resolve this.
--
Tomster

A calendar *is* a folder. Color labels apply only to calendar folders. Each calendar folder can have its own unique set of color labels.

Make sense now?

--
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

"Tomster" wrote in message ...
Now I'm confused.

If I have the calendar open... and click on the Calendar Coloring button...
I can edit the name and colors for the label options. If I click anywhere
else (besides calendar) on the folders tree, I no longer see the calendar or
the calendar coloring option. So with apologies for being dense, I am not
sure how these settings are specific to a "folder" since the only place you
can set them is in the calendar, not a folder.

So maybe I am misunderstanding what you mean by folder in this context.
--
Tomster


"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

No, per-folder means per-folder. Each folder has its own labels.

--
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

"Tomster" wrote in message ...
When you say "per folder" do you mean that if a user has a personal folder,
it would apply to that folder and all sub-folders or would we have to
manipulate the code for each sub folder as well.
--
Tomster


"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

It's possible with custom programming scripts, assuming CDO 1.21 is installed on each machine. Search my http://www.outlookcode.com site for -- calendar color labels -- to see sample code. Note that the color labels are per-folder, not per-user

Outlook 2007 makes this process much easier.


"Tomster" wrote in message ...
When scheduling an activity, you are able to customize lables - description
and color... so that you can select the "Label" you want. e.g. Project
Overview meetings are blue. This allows you to standardize the color of
different types of activities on the calendar.

Once you have defined your label descriptions and colors, is it possible to
transfer these settings to other users or apply them Globally?

I am asking as I have two users who share calendars. They have defined the
labels so they are identical. If they want to apply a label to their own
calendar, the choices available are the ones they defined. HOWEVER, If they
try to apply a label to an activity on the other users calendar, the drop
down shows the orignal default settings.

So I guess what we really want to do is change the default listing... and
changing it on each machine does not appear to do that.

Thanks for any suggestions that can help resolve this.
--
Tomster

I did a quick check on CDO 1.21 and this shows as win98 and w2000. Both
machines are XP. Will this version work? Will it work without an Exchange
server.

Note: we are not using exchange. Using a product called WorkGroupShare to
share the calendars.
--
Tomster


"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

It's possible with custom programming scripts, assuming CDO 1.21 is installed on each machine. Search my http://www.outlookcode.com site for -- calendar color labels -- to see sample code. Note that the color labels are per-folder, not per-user

Outlook 2007 makes this process much easier.

--
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

"Tomster" wrote in message ...
When scheduling an activity, you are able to customize lables - description
and color... so that you can select the "Label" you want. e.g. Project
Overview meetings are blue. This allows you to standardize the color of
different types of activities on the calendar.

Once you have defined your label descriptions and colors, is it possible to
transfer these settings to other users or apply them Globally?

I am asking as I have two users who share calendars. They have defined the
labels so they are identical. If they want to apply a label to their own
calendar, the choices available are the ones they defined. HOWEVER, If they
try to apply a label to an activity on the other users calendar, the drop
down shows the orignal default settings.

So I guess what we really want to do is change the default listing... and
changing it on each machine does not appear to do that.

Thanks for any suggestions that can help resolve this.
--
Tomster

CDO 1.21 is an optional component of Outlook. It has nothing to do with your operating system.

Whether Workgroup Share propagates calendar color labels as part of its sharing process is something you'd have to ask them. I'd to that first.

--
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

"Tomster" wrote in message ...
I did a quick check on CDO 1.21 and this shows as win98 and w2000. Both
machines are XP. Will this version work? Will it work without an Exchange
server.

Note: we are not using exchange. Using a product called WorkGroupShare to
share the calendars.
--
Tomster


"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

It's possible with custom programming scripts, assuming CDO 1.21 is installed on each machine. Search my http://www.outlookcode.com site for -- calendar color labels -- to see sample code. Note that the color labels are per-folder, not per-user

Outlook 2007 makes this process much easier.

"Tomster" wrote in message ...
When scheduling an activity, you are able to customize lables - description
and color... so that you can select the "Label" you want. e.g. Project
Overview meetings are blue. This allows you to standardize the color of
different types of activities on the calendar.

Once you have defined your label descriptions and colors, is it possible to
transfer these settings to other users or apply them Globally?

I am asking as I have two users who share calendars. They have defined the
labels so they are identical. If they want to apply a label to their own
calendar, the choices available are the ones they defined. HOWEVER, If they
try to apply a label to an activity on the other users calendar, the drop
down shows the orignal default settings.

So I guess what we really want to do is change the default listing... and
changing it on each machine does not appear to do that.

Thanks for any suggestions that can help resolve this.
--
Tomster