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		<title>By: Buffyslay</title>
		<link>http://www.projectspossible.com/getting-help-with-microsoft-excel-my-recent-experience/comment-page-1#comment-1985</link>
		<dc:creator>Buffyslay</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i got banned from Ozgrid for no reason as well, i posted a well thought out title - and thought about what to post - and they/he banned me.  Maybe they should have a section for &#039;these were banned&#039; - for goodness sake though - this guy is so petty! his loss though.  I always put &#039;-ozgrid&#039; when i do a search...

anyone want to start a &#039;not ozgrid&#039; site? no, i cant be bothered either....

and if you are reading Mr Ozgird - you can take your site and stuff it - the email address you hold for me is out of date - and i wont be accessing it from this pc as i leave this place in a week... whats your next plan?????</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i got banned from Ozgrid for no reason as well, i posted a well thought out title &#8211; and thought about what to post &#8211; and they/he banned me.  Maybe they should have a section for &#8216;these were banned&#8217; &#8211; for goodness sake though &#8211; this guy is so petty! his loss though.  I always put &#8216;-ozgrid&#8217; when i do a search&#8230;</p>
<p>anyone want to start a &#8216;not ozgrid&#8217; site? no, i cant be bothered either&#8230;.</p>
<p>and if you are reading Mr Ozgird &#8211; you can take your site and stuff it &#8211; the email address you hold for me is out of date &#8211; and i wont be accessing it from this pc as i leave this place in a week&#8230; whats your next plan?????</p>
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		<title>By: Bill</title>
		<link>http://www.projectspossible.com/getting-help-with-microsoft-excel-my-recent-experience/comment-page-1#comment-18</link>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>For those that want to know what the script ultimately ended up looking like I have posted it here.  Feel free to do what you want with it...  It works in my environment... I have commented it where I thought it might be helpful.  I don&#039;t support it and can&#039;t tweak it for your environment... If you need that try ozgrid or excelforum they may be able to help.

&lt;code&gt;
Sub CreateTask()

    &#039;Setup all of the variables
    Dim B As Object
    Dim C As Integer
    Dim R As Integer
    Dim Rng As Range
    Dim olApp As Outlook.Application
    Dim olTsk As TaskItem
    Dim cl As Range
    Dim chkRng As Range
    Dim counter As Integer
    C = 0
    R = 0

   &#039;Assign the row and column indexes to the variables R and C
    Set B = ActiveSheet.Buttons(Application.Caller)
    
    With B.TopLeftCell
        C = .Column
        R = .Row
    End With


    &#039;Set Rng value to be the date cell below the button
    Set Rng = ActiveSheet.Cells(R + 3, C)
    
    &#039;Setup Outlook
    Set olApp = New Outlook.Application
     
    &#039;Set the range (rows and column) to search in the loop look for Due dates.
    Set chkRng = Range(Cells(12, C), Cells(104, C))

    &#039;Check to see if we&#039;ve already added the Tasks to Outlook
    If Rng.Value = &quot;&quot; Then
    counter = 0
    &#039;Look at each Value in the Range and add Task if a date.
        For Each cl In chkRng
        Set olTsk = olApp.CreateItem(olTaskItem)
            If IsDate(cl.Value) Then
                With olTsk
                    .Subject = Cells(cl.Row, 2) + &quot; - &quot; + Cells(3, C) + &quot; - &quot; + Cells(3, C + 1)
                    .Status = olTaskInProgress
                    .Importance = olImportanceHigh
                    .DueDate = Format(cl.Value, &quot;mm/dd/yy&quot;)
                    olTsk.Save
                    counter = counter + 1
                End With
            End If
        Next cl
    Else
        MsgBox &quot;Tasks have already been added to Outlook&quot;
        Exit Sub
    End If
    MsgBox (&quot;Tasks added to Outlook:&quot; &amp; counter)
    &#039;Cleanup
    Set olTsk = Nothing
    Set olApp = Nothing

     &#039;Stamp the date below the button - Need to build the check for this field being blank in the above loop.

    Rng.Value = Date

    End Sub
&lt;/code&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For those that want to know what the script ultimately ended up looking like I have posted it here.  Feel free to do what you want with it&#8230;  It works in my environment&#8230; I have commented it where I thought it might be helpful.  I don&#8217;t support it and can&#8217;t tweak it for your environment&#8230; If you need that try ozgrid or excelforum they may be able to help.</p>
<p><code><br />
Sub CreateTask()</p>
<p>    'Setup all of the variables<br />
    Dim B As Object<br />
    Dim C As Integer<br />
    Dim R As Integer<br />
    Dim Rng As Range<br />
    Dim olApp As Outlook.Application<br />
    Dim olTsk As TaskItem<br />
    Dim cl As Range<br />
    Dim chkRng As Range<br />
    Dim counter As Integer<br />
    C = 0<br />
    R = 0</p>
<p>   'Assign the row and column indexes to the variables R and C<br />
    Set B = ActiveSheet.Buttons(Application.Caller)</p>
<p>    With B.TopLeftCell<br />
        C = .Column<br />
        R = .Row<br />
    End With</p>
<p>    'Set Rng value to be the date cell below the button<br />
    Set Rng = ActiveSheet.Cells(R + 3, C)</p>
<p>    'Setup Outlook<br />
    Set olApp = New Outlook.Application</p>
<p>    'Set the range (rows and column) to search in the loop look for Due dates.<br />
    Set chkRng = Range(Cells(12, C), Cells(104, C))</p>
<p>    'Check to see if we've already added the Tasks to Outlook<br />
    If Rng.Value = "" Then<br />
    counter = 0<br />
    'Look at each Value in the Range and add Task if a date.<br />
        For Each cl In chkRng<br />
        Set olTsk = olApp.CreateItem(olTaskItem)<br />
            If IsDate(cl.Value) Then<br />
                With olTsk<br />
                    .Subject = Cells(cl.Row, 2) + " - " + Cells(3, C) + " - " + Cells(3, C + 1)<br />
                    .Status = olTaskInProgress<br />
                    .Importance = olImportanceHigh<br />
                    .DueDate = Format(cl.Value, "mm/dd/yy")<br />
                    olTsk.Save<br />
                    counter = counter + 1<br />
                End With<br />
            End If<br />
        Next cl<br />
    Else<br />
        MsgBox "Tasks have already been added to Outlook"<br />
        Exit Sub<br />
    End If<br />
    MsgBox ("Tasks added to Outlook:" &#038; counter)<br />
    'Cleanup<br />
    Set olTsk = Nothing<br />
    Set olApp = Nothing</p>
<p>     'Stamp the date below the button - Need to build the check for this field being blank in the above loop.</p>
<p>    Rng.Value = Date</p>
<p>    End Sub<br />
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		<title>By: Bill</title>
		<link>http://www.projectspossible.com/getting-help-with-microsoft-excel-my-recent-experience/comment-page-1#comment-17</link>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Couple of comments and the end of the pissing match at least here...

1.  Cross Post... It had been weeks, scope of project changed, I now had specific spreadsheet example, etc... While the intent was similar the project was different.
2.  Wrong forum I&#039;ve already addressed - I truly thought an Outlook Task was not an email and he lists all of the other Microsoft products by name so when Outlook was not mentioned I thought he was being specific about &quot;email&quot;.
3.  My email said that I would keep him updated of my rantings about the NON USER FRIENDLY policy.  (Which I still believe to be true.)

As a side note:
I want all of my readers to know that I think these types of sites/forums on the Internet are extremely helpful and productive to the masses and that I believe they absolutely need to have some form of organization and order or chaos will ensue and the viability of the site becomes questionable.   The balance between order and chaos is handled differently from site to site to site...and it truly is the reader&#039;s choice as to which environment they prefer.   As I said in my post above your mileage may vary... I was just giving you a review of my experience.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Couple of comments and the end of the pissing match at least here&#8230;</p>
<p>1.  Cross Post&#8230; It had been weeks, scope of project changed, I now had specific spreadsheet example, etc&#8230; While the intent was similar the project was different.<br />
2.  Wrong forum I&#8217;ve already addressed &#8211; I truly thought an Outlook Task was not an email and he lists all of the other Microsoft products by name so when Outlook was not mentioned I thought he was being specific about &#8220;email&#8221;.<br />
3.  My email said that I would keep him updated of my rantings about the NON USER FRIENDLY policy.  (Which I still believe to be true.)</p>
<p>As a side note:<br />
I want all of my readers to know that I think these types of sites/forums on the Internet are extremely helpful and productive to the masses and that I believe they absolutely need to have some form of organization and order or chaos will ensue and the viability of the site becomes questionable.   The balance between order and chaos is handled differently from site to site to site&#8230;and it truly is the reader&#8217;s choice as to which environment they prefer.   As I said in my post above your mileage may vary&#8230; I was just giving you a review of my experience.</p>
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		<title>By: Dave</title>
		<link>http://www.projectspossible.com/getting-help-with-microsoft-excel-my-recent-experience/comment-page-1#comment-16</link>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:56:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You have missed out where you agreed NOT to cross post without supplying a link to the cross posts and that, combined with posting in the wrong forum, was the reason for you initial time limited ban.

You have also missed out the fact that in your email to me you stated you were going to blog in a negative way about the Ozgrid forum.  That was the reason for the ban being made permenant.

RE: &quot;Site owners can run their sites however they want to run them.&quot;

You post is living proof of that fact!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You have missed out where you agreed NOT to cross post without supplying a link to the cross posts and that, combined with posting in the wrong forum, was the reason for you initial time limited ban.</p>
<p>You have also missed out the fact that in your email to me you stated you were going to blog in a negative way about the Ozgrid forum.  That was the reason for the ban being made permenant.</p>
<p>RE: &#8220;Site owners can run their sites however they want to run them.&#8221;</p>
<p>You post is living proof of that fact!</p>
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