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Pocket Outlook: catching up with old tasks

I frequently have more than 20 tasks due each day. Stuff that must get done in high priority, some low priority reminders and blog notes. On the PC I use an Outlook macro but there is no macro language on the Pocket PC so I used the modified Pocket Outlook .NET CF class library to catch up with old tasks.

// In the class declaration

private PocketOutlook.Application _pocketOutlook;

...

 

// Startup code in the form Load() routine     

_pocketOutlook = new PocketOutlook.Application();                      

_pocketOutlook.Logon();

 

…

 

/// <summary>

/// Catch up with task that are due in the past

/// </summary>

/// <param name="sender"></param>

/// <param name="e"></param>

private void menuCatchUp_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)

{                

      // Get all tasks due before today

      PocketOutlook.ItemCollection tasks = _pocketOutlook.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderTasks).Items;

      PocketOutlook.ItemCollection oldTasks = tasks.Restrict("[DueDate] < \"" + System.DateTime.Today.ToString("dd/MM/yy")+ "\" and [Complete]=False");

     

      // The list auto-updates so we go a while loop always working on the first item instead of

      // using a for loop

      int updatedItems = 0;

      while (oldTasks.Count > 0)

      {

            updatedItems++;

            PocketOutlook.Task task = (PocketOutlook.Task) oldTasks.Item(1);  // 1 based                   

            task.DueDate = System.DateTime.Today.;               

            task.Save();

      }

      System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("Updated " + updatedItems + " tasks.");             

 

      // Reload the task list

      …

}