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    • DashrenderD
      Dashrender
      last edited by

      Can't you just set Outlook to auto accept?

      I'm guessing what you want is some VBScript that runs and when it detects that the user accepted a meeting that it will send a positive response to the requester?

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      • DustinB3403D
        DustinB3403
        last edited by

        Correct @Dashrender their IT departments could do this. I cannot.

        Which is why I was looking to bake in a VBScript into the calendar invites.

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        • DashrenderD
          Dashrender @DustinB3403
          last edited by

          @DustinB3403 said:

          Correct @Dashrender their IT departments could do this. I cannot.

          Which is why I was looking to bake in a VBScript into the calendar invites.

          oh you want this for an outside company?

          Damn I think I would have to kill you if you sent my users VBScript via email to help you out. lol Of course I'm kidding about the whole killing thing.. but hopefully you get my point.

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          • DustinB3403D
            DustinB3403
            last edited by

            That's my dilemma, I really could care less about the accept / decline / none response in outlook.

            So long as they join the class, I don't really care. Do the line up afterwards, we have attendee tracking in the classroom. We don't need it on the calendar event in my opinion.

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            • DustinB3403D
              DustinB3403
              last edited by

              But I'm being asked how to fix other peoples stupid

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              • JaredBuschJ
                JaredBusch @DustinB3403
                last edited by

                @DustinB3403 said:

                But I'm being asked how to fix other peoples stupid

                That is easy. The answer is you cannot and it was a colossal waste of money on your company's part to even try.

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                • DustinB3403D
                  DustinB3403
                  last edited by

                  That's what I said....

                  And was told to think about way we could....

                  ... . . . .... . . more incomprehensible stuff %$%^&() ^&() . . . .

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
                    last edited by

                    @DustinB3403 said:

                    Correct @Dashrender their IT departments could do this. I cannot.

                    Which is why I was looking to bake in a VBScript into the calendar invites.

                    That won't work. You can never control someone else's email. It is just fundamentally wrong thinking. If they decide to not respond, they are not going to respond.

                    Put VBS into a lot of email will do nothing as well, VBScipt is not a language of email - there is no uniform email format that would process VBScript. None at all. JavaScript would be more likely and only when dealing with people viewing web pages AND letting it run.

                    Conceptually you are being send on a wild goose chase.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
                      last edited by

                      @DustinB3403 said:

                      That's what I said....

                      And was told to think about way we could....

                      Tell them that with a little thinking.... obviously this is impossible.

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                      • DashrenderD
                        Dashrender @DustinB3403
                        last edited by

                        @DustinB3403 said:

                        But I'm being asked how to fix other peoples stupid

                        huh - Well I think the VBScript for outside companies is a horrible idea (and probably wouldn't work anyways, I'd be beyond surprised if anyone allowed VBScript to run in Outlook - and I doubt it would work at all for non Outlook users).

                        I guess I'd make those sale people make calls confirming appointments. or sending out additional reminders until the attendees actually reply that they are attending.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller
                          last edited by

                          Even if you could:

                          • Get it to run in Outlook and
                          • Get it past the other company's filters and
                          • Not get your company blocked from sending them emails....

                          Then you would still face...

                          • OWA won't run VBScript
                          • Most Outlook will not run VBScript
                          • No non-MS system will run VBScript
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                          • JaredBuschJ
                            JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
                            last edited by JaredBusch

                            @scottalanmiller said:

                            Even if you could:

                            • Get it to run in Outlook and
                            • Get it past the other company's filters and
                            • Not get your company blocked from sending them emails....

                            Then you would still face...

                            • OWA won't run VBScript
                            • Most Outlook will not run VBScript
                            • No non-MS system will run VBScript

                            and brings us right back to

                            @JaredBusch said:

                            That is easy. The answer is you cannot and it was a colossal waste of money on your company's part to even try.

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