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Re: [Orgmode] Opening links to Outlook items from Org mode (may be a FR)
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Jason F. McBrayer |
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Re: [Orgmode] Opening links to Outlook items from Org mode (may be a FR) |
Date: |
Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:39:24 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) |
address@hidden (Jason F. McBrayer) writes:
> Manish <address@hidden> 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:<GUID>" 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...
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