Hi all,

My first post here, so thanks for your time before i start.

My issue is as follows:

We need to send a shift handover email every evening and was wondering what would be the easiest way to have a datestamp set in a particular area of the message body (within a designated table cell if possible). This datestamp would need to be applied either when forwarding the email or when sending (or whenver for that matter so long as it gets applied automatically).

The whole idea of automating this is that we dont leave the datestamping open to manual error (by forgetting to include it one day) and so that the recipient is not able to alter this as it would be part of the origianal sent message body.

Apologies for the extensive post. Really hope someone can assist.

Thanks

de049.

Given that the recipient can easily alter the information in the body of the
message, I don't see how putting a date stamp there is going to meet your
requirements. Wouldn't it make more sense to rely on the date stamps that
Outlook puts on the message itself, properties that can't be altered?

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54


"de049" wrote in message
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Hi all,

My first post here, so thanks for your time before i start.

My issue is as follows:

We need to send a shift handover email every evening and was wondering
what would be the easiest way to have a datestamp set in a particular
area of the message body (within a designated table cell if possible).
This datestamp would need to be applied either when forwarding the email
or when sending (or whenver for that matter so long as it gets applied
automatically).

The whole idea of automating this is that we dont leave the
datestamping open to manual error (by forgetting to include it one day)
and so that the recipient is not able to alter this as it would be part
of the origianal sent message body.

Any recipient would be able to alter it, all they have to do is click to
edit the received message. To prevent that you'd need to be using some sort
of rights management software. In addition, there are no table cells in
Outlook emails normally unless a table is specifically added and the email
is in HTML or Rich Text format.

See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/code/stampdate.htm for some ideas.

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Professional Programming Outlook 2007.
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options.
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm


"de049" wrote in message
...

Hi all,

My first post here, so thanks for your time before i start.

My issue is as follows:

We need to send a shift handover email every evening and was wondering
what would be the easiest way to have a datestamp set in a particular
area of the message body (within a designated table cell if possible).
This datestamp would need to be applied either when forwarding the email
or when sending (or whenver for that matter so long as it gets applied
automatically).

The whole idea of automating this is that we dont leave the
datestamping open to manual error (by forgetting to include it one day)
and so that the recipient is not able to alter this as it would be part
of the origianal sent message body.

Apologies for the extensive post. Really hope someone can assist.

Thanks

de049.




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de049