I posted the following in the General Questions section, and then on second
thought, realized that I probably should have posted it here. Forgive the
duplication.

I'm running Outlook 2003 on Windows 2000.

I have a scheduled task that runs a script that backs up files to an
external drive every night.

This works fine, except when I forget to close Outlook.

If the Outlook .pst file is open, the backup script is not allowed to copy
it, zip it, do anything with it. (BTW, Outlook is the only application I'm
using that imposes this stricture.)

My question is this: is is possible to write an Outlook macro that will
instruct Outlook to close itself at a certain time of day, prior to the
scheduled backup, so that my script will be allowed to back it up?

Or -- just in case there should happen to be someone out there who knows
something about Objject REXX, the language my backup script is written in --
is it possible to close Outlook from the script before the backup runs?

Any help is appreciated.

The Quit method of the Outlook.Application object can be used but not from
within an Outlook macro.

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm


"Michael Ryle" wrote in message
...
I posted the following in the General Questions section, and then on second
thought, realized that I probably should have posted it here. Forgive the
duplication.

I'm running Outlook 2003 on Windows 2000.

I have a scheduled task that runs a script that backs up files to an
external drive every night.

This works fine, except when I forget to close Outlook.

If the Outlook .pst file is open, the backup script is not allowed to copy
it, zip it, do anything with it. (BTW, Outlook is the only application
I'm
using that imposes this stricture.)

My question is this: is is possible to write an Outlook macro that will
instruct Outlook to close itself at a certain time of day, prior to the
scheduled backup, so that my script will be allowed to back it up?

Or -- just in case there should happen to be someone out there who knows
something about Objject REXX, the language my backup script is written
in --
is it possible to close Outlook from the script before the backup runs?

Any help is appreciated.

I'm confused. If this method can't be used within a macro, i.e. VBA code,
then where is it used?

What I'm looking for is simple, a piece of VBA code that is able to:

1. recognize it's a certain time of day, say 10 PM
2. based on the outcome of #1, tell Outlook to shut down so that another
process can back up the .pst file

Surely I'm not the only person who has run into this problem.

"Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

The Quit method of the Outlook.Application object can be used but not from
within an Outlook macro.

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm


"Michael Ryle" wrote in message
...
I posted the following in the General Questions section, and then on second
thought, realized that I probably should have posted it here. Forgive the
duplication.

I'm running Outlook 2003 on Windows 2000.

I have a scheduled task that runs a script that backs up files to an
external drive every night.

This works fine, except when I forget to close Outlook.

If the Outlook .pst file is open, the backup script is not allowed to copy
it, zip it, do anything with it. (BTW, Outlook is the only application
I'm
using that imposes this stricture.)

My question is this: is is possible to write an Outlook macro that will
instruct Outlook to close itself at a certain time of day, prior to the
scheduled backup, so that my script will be allowed to back it up?

Or -- just in case there should happen to be someone out there who knows
something about Objject REXX, the language my backup script is written
in --
is it possible to close Outlook from the script before the backup runs?

Any help is appreciated.

I didn't say it can't be used, I recommended against using it within an
Outlook macro. Make up a VBS script file and call that when you want to
close Outlook. Something like this:

Set oOL = Nothing
Set oOL = GetObject(, "Outlook.Application")
If Not (oOL Is Nothing) Then
oOL.Quit
Set oOL = Nothing
End If

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm


"Michael Ryle" wrote in message
...
I'm confused. If this method can't be used within a macro, i.e. VBA code,
then where is it used?

What I'm looking for is simple, a piece of VBA code that is able to:

1. recognize it's a certain time of day, say 10 PM
2. based on the outcome of #1, tell Outlook to shut down so that another
process can back up the .pst file

Surely I'm not the only person who has run into this problem.