Tiggerbasher
10-02-2015, 03:43 AM
Hi
Newbie, please go easy on me...
Using Office 2013, and within Outlook I am trying to set up a custom button, which really isn’t a button but more of an indicator.
Let me explain what I am trying to do. Like most I have a very busy inbox, lots of e-mails are received which are irrelevant, others are just notifications of a process being completed etc.
I was looking for an easy way to have say a set of ‘indicators’ within a custom ribbon, lets say like traffic lights. As each specific e-mail is received for a process completion the indicator changes from red to green in my traffic light example. At the end of the day it’s a quick glance at my custom ribbon to ensure all is OK, rather than troll through various folders.
Is this possible? In its simplest form I thought create a custom button, code (grey) it out and then off the back of a rule which looks at email specifics, a script is fired which makes the button visible again, my visual indicator.
However as a newbie I can’t seem to even get this to work, I know ActiveInspector.CurrentItem.Actions("Reply All").Enabled = False will grey out the ‘reply all’ button but can’t seem to modify this to work on a custom one.
Any help / pointers most appreciated.
Thanks
G.
Newbie, please go easy on me...
Using Office 2013, and within Outlook I am trying to set up a custom button, which really isn’t a button but more of an indicator.
Let me explain what I am trying to do. Like most I have a very busy inbox, lots of e-mails are received which are irrelevant, others are just notifications of a process being completed etc.
I was looking for an easy way to have say a set of ‘indicators’ within a custom ribbon, lets say like traffic lights. As each specific e-mail is received for a process completion the indicator changes from red to green in my traffic light example. At the end of the day it’s a quick glance at my custom ribbon to ensure all is OK, rather than troll through various folders.
Is this possible? In its simplest form I thought create a custom button, code (grey) it out and then off the back of a rule which looks at email specifics, a script is fired which makes the button visible again, my visual indicator.
However as a newbie I can’t seem to even get this to work, I know ActiveInspector.CurrentItem.Actions("Reply All").Enabled = False will grey out the ‘reply all’ button but can’t seem to modify this to work on a custom one.
Any help / pointers most appreciated.
Thanks
G.