Please be gentle with me as I'm no expert in Outlook...

What I'm trying to do is assign tasks on a recurring basis on specific days
of the month. That part is easy enough.

However, I'd like to have the task automatically accepted (ie remove the
user's ability to decline the task) . Is this possible?

In an ideal world, I'd also like to be able to use a look up file (eg a
shift roster created in Excel) to assign the task to the specific person on
duty at that time. This isn't mandatory as we also have a "group" email
account, but it would be really helpful if it's possible.

Thanks for any and all replies.

No on the forcing people to accept tasks - better to inform them that
declining is not an option and then back it up with disciplinary actions.

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After furious head scratching, Mike asked:

| Please be gentle with me as I'm no expert in Outlook...
|
| What I'm trying to do is assign tasks on a recurring basis on
| specific days of the month. That part is easy enough.
|
| However, I'd like to have the task automatically accepted (ie remove
| the user's ability to decline the task) . Is this possible?
|
| In an ideal world, I'd also like to be able to use a look up file (eg
| a shift roster created in Excel) to assign the task to the specific
| person on duty at that time. This isn't mandatory as we also have a
| "group" email account, but it would be really helpful if it's
| possible.
|
| Thanks for any and all replies.

Hi Milly,

Perhaps a bit draconian for my approach, but thanks for the reply :-)

So if it's a no to forcing acceptance, is it possible to interface my excel
roster and look up the staff member on duty and send the task/instructions to
the correct individual?

I've got a little bit of VB experience, though so far limited only to
Access. I'd thought of using Access to send messages to specifically selected
recipients based on a roster, but the painful part is that I'd constantly
have to have an instance of the database running, therefore Outlook seemed a
better option :-(

Thanks again for taking the trouble to reply,
Mike

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

No on the forcing people to accept tasks - better to inform them that
declining is not an option and then back it up with disciplinary actions.

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Mike asked:

| Please be gentle with me as I'm no expert in Outlook...
|
| What I'm trying to do is assign tasks on a recurring basis on
| specific days of the month. That part is easy enough.
|
| However, I'd like to have the task automatically accepted (ie remove
| the user's ability to decline the task) . Is this possible?
|
| In an ideal world, I'd also like to be able to use a look up file (eg
| a shift roster created in Excel) to assign the task to the specific
| person on duty at that time. This isn't mandatory as we also have a
| "group" email account, but it would be really helpful if it's
| possible.
|
| Thanks for any and all replies.

I am not sure but programming seems the way to go with your situation. You
can try posting to one of the Outlook programming groups as well as peruse
Sue Mosher's excellent http://www.outlookcode.com for some existing code
samples and directions to get you started.

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Mike asked:

| Hi Milly,
|
| Perhaps a bit draconian for my approach, but thanks for the reply :-)
|
| So if it's a no to forcing acceptance, is it possible to interface my
| excel roster and look up the staff member on duty and send the
| task/instructions to the correct individual?
|
| I've got a little bit of VB experience, though so far limited only to
| Access. I'd thought of using Access to send messages to specifically
| selected recipients based on a roster, but the painful part is that
| I'd constantly have to have an instance of the database running,
| therefore Outlook seemed a better option :-(
|
| Thanks again for taking the trouble to reply,
| Mike
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| No on the forcing people to accept tasks - better to inform them that
|| declining is not an option and then back it up with disciplinary
|| actions.
||
|| --�
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
|| reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, Mike asked:
||
||| Please be gentle with me as I'm no expert in Outlook...
|||
||| What I'm trying to do is assign tasks on a recurring basis on
||| specific days of the month. That part is easy enough.
|||
||| However, I'd like to have the task automatically accepted (ie remove
||| the user's ability to decline the task) . Is this possible?
|||
||| In an ideal world, I'd also like to be able to use a look up file
||| (eg a shift roster created in Excel) to assign the task to the
||| specific person on duty at that time. This isn't mandatory as we
||| also have a "group" email account, but it would be really helpful
||| if it's possible.
|||
||| Thanks for any and all replies.

Thanks again Milly,

I'll do just that.

Mike

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

I am not sure but programming seems the way to go with your situation. You
can try posting to one of the Outlook programming groups as well as peruse
Sue Mosher's excellent http://www.outlookcode.com for some existing code
samples and directions to get you started.

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Mike asked:

| Hi Milly,
|
| Perhaps a bit draconian for my approach, but thanks for the reply :-)
|
| So if it's a no to forcing acceptance, is it possible to interface my
| excel roster and look up the staff member on duty and send the
| task/instructions to the correct individual?
|
| I've got a little bit of VB experience, though so far limited only to
| Access. I'd thought of using Access to send messages to specifically
| selected recipients based on a roster, but the painful part is that
| I'd constantly have to have an instance of the database running,
| therefore Outlook seemed a better option :-(
|
| Thanks again for taking the trouble to reply,
| Mike
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| No on the forcing people to accept tasks - better to inform them that
|| declining is not an option and then back it up with disciplinary
|| actions.
||
|| --�
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
|| reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, Mike asked:
||
||| Please be gentle with me as I'm no expert in Outlook...
|||
||| What I'm trying to do is assign tasks on a recurring basis on
||| specific days of the month. That part is easy enough.
|||
||| However, I'd like to have the task automatically accepted (ie remove
||| the user's ability to decline the task) . Is this possible?
|||
||| In an ideal world, I'd also like to be able to use a look up file
||| (eg a shift roster created in Excel) to assign the task to the
||| specific person on duty at that time. This isn't mandatory as we
||| also have a "group" email account, but it would be really helpful
||| if it's possible.
|||
||| Thanks for any and all replies.