[WEB4LIB] running batch files from tray or right mouse menu

[Luis Domingues]

You can make Outlook 2000 run a specific application after receiving a
message from a specific address or specific content. Just press Organize and
the Rules Wizzard.

I think this feature is also available in Outlook 98.

Regards,

Luis Filipe F. F. Domingues                   E-Mail: lfd at libri.ucp.pt
Biblioteca Universitária João Paulo II        Home Page:
http://www.libri.ucp.pt/
Universidade Católica Portuguesa              Tel: +351 21 7214019
Palma de Cima                                 Fax: +351 21 7214010
1649-023 Lisboa
Portugal

-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On
Behalf Of Naess, Petter
Sent: Segunda-feira, 5 de Fevereiro de 2001 9:03
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] running batch files from tray or right mouse menu

I have some batch files that I execute intermittently throughout the day to
process certain email attachments as they arrive. The batch files reformat
the email attachments and post them to our local intranet. I'm looking for a
utility that would allow me to put the icons for those batch files in the
system tray, so that I could execute them from there,  or add them to my
right-click mouse menu. I want to avoid the nuisance (although it is a minor
one) of going to the DOS prompt each time I wish to execute the files. Can
someone recommend a program that would allow me to accomplish this?

(The ideal solution for me would be to have a MS Outlook automatically
process the attachments as they come in, on the basis of their unique names,
but I haven't been able to determine whether Outlook can run an external
application on an attachment - or even save the attachment to a specified
directory. I don't think it can do either, but please let me know if I'm
wrong.)
Thanks!)


Petter Næss
U.S.Embassy, Public Affairs
Drammensveien 18
0255 Oslo
Norway
phone (47) 21308802
fax (47) 22440436
pnaess at usa.no