From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: jmcbray@carcosa.net (Jason F. McBrayer) Subject: Re: Opening links to Outlook items from Org mode (may be a FR) Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:39:24 -0400 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KWYeL-000321-3w for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:34:05 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KWYeK-00031d-Az for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:34:04 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=46828 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KWYeK-00031a-5V for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:34:04 -0400 Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([75.180.132.120]:61771) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KWYeJ-0004EX-Tz for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:34:04 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Jason F. McBrayer's message of "Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:13:01 -0400") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Manish Cc: org-mode jmcbray@carcosa.net (Jason F. McBrayer) writes: > Manish writes: > >> I have to use Office and envy folks that can link to their emails >> (Gnus, VM etc.) and contacts (bbdb) from Org mode. So I was looking >> around and found that links to Outlook items (emails, meetings, >> contacts etc.) of the form "Outlook:" can be stored and opened >> from other applications. The links can be created (copied to >> clipboard) using "Outlook Linker" utility as described in [1]. > > (w32-shell-execute "open" "outlook:blahblah") should do what you need. > The tricky part is getting the GUID into Emacs (requires gratis but > proprietary utility you link to). Note: there is a better way of getting the GUID here: doesn't require you to install an extra program, just add a macro to your Outlook settings: http://mutable.net/blog/archive/2006/09/02/how_to_hyperlink_to_microsoft_outlook_messages.aspx Now I just need to teach org-mode how to use w32-shell-execute to follow those links... -- +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Jason F. McBrayer jmcbray@carcosa.net | | If someone conquers a thousand times a thousand others in | | battle, and someone else conquers himself, the latter one | | is the greatest of all conquerors. --- The Dhammapada |