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Old September 17th 07, 08:22 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.program_vba
arthur at stretchbreak
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Can I use Outlook to start another program at a certain time.
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Old September 17th 07, 05:00 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.program_vba
Eric Legault [MVP - Outlook]
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Yes - use a Task with a reminder and trap it with the ReminderFire event.
Then you can use the ShellEx method from the Win32 API to run another program.

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