Outlook Custom Task Form Problem 2

[mman74]

We are currently running Outlook with Exchange 2000.
I am looking at creating a task form. The problem is Outlook only keeps one date per task. Unfortunately each of our tasks have 5 key dates. Rather than submitting the same form 5 times I really would like to create a form where I can submit 5 different dates with the same subject (ie task name), at once. Any help, please! I have searched all the Outlook development books and they are useless.

 

[Dreamboat]

I don't think Outlook was really designed for that. If you want to track a project, then Project is the program you want. Or you might be better off using a shared Excel workbook. There's a macro available to create Gantt charts from it too. Let me know if you're interested, I'll find that link.
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[mman74]

Thanks Dreamboat. Now MS Project I have experience with. Unfortunately we don't have enough licenses to go around for that one. Thanks anyway.

 

[Medussa]

You can use MS Project to assign tasks in Outlook. The tasks will appear on the Resource's Outlook Task List and any changes/updates to the task can be pulled back into Project. The people the tasks are assigned to (Resources) do not need Project to view or update the tasks.

 

[mman74]

That sounds ideal - but how do I actually go about integrating MS Project with our Exchange Server. Do I need Microsoft Project Central? Does it actually work? I have installed a copy of Project and I'm not making much progress. So far I can only assign tasks to people on our address book. But they have no indictaions that tasks are assigned to them. How do I rectify this, as well as enabling them to modify the tasks from within Outlook? Thanks.

 

[mman74]

Thanks Medusa - I figured it out now.
If anybody else wants to do this - you need Outlook, MAPI compliant e-mail system, MS Project, and WGsetup.exe - the last one being on the MS Project CD. Run the WG file and you will have activated workgroups enabling you to see workgroup mail. You can then do what Medusa said previously.