Add Tasks Utility

Version 1.20, December 4, 2001
Copyright ©2000-2001 Tapani J. Otala

Purpose

This utility attaches to the Pocket Outlook Tasks applet and allows you to conveniently add many tasks in a single operation, as shown below:

It will automatically copy its initial values from the currently selected task to easily make additional tasks with similar settings. These values are:

Field Description Default Value
Categories Zero or more selected categories from the selected task No categories selected
Prefix First word from of the selected task subject, followed by a single space No prefix
Priority Priority of the selected task: High, Normal, or Low Normal
Sensitivity Sensitivity of the selected task: Normal, or Private Normal

You can invoke the utility from the Tools menu of the Tasks applet, or you can invoke it from the context menu displayed when you click-and-hold on an item in the Tasks applet, as shown below:

Installation

  1. Extract the ZIP file contents to a temporary folder on your desktop PC.
  2. Execute the SETUP.EXE file from the temporary folder. It will launch the Windows CE Application Manager which will guide you through the rest of the installation. If you are asked whether you want to install the software in another location, note that the selection has no effect - this software is always installed in the Windows folder regardless of your choice.
  3. Once Windows CE Application Manager has completed the processing, you may delete the files from the temporary folder.

Removal

  1. On the mobile PC, close all Pocket Outlook applets.
  2. On the desktop PC, open ActiveSync and select Tools, followed by Add/Remove Programs. Wait while ActiveSync retrieves data from your mobile PC.
  3. Select TJOtala AddTasks from the list.
  4. Click on Remove.

Revision History

Version Release Date Change(s)
1.00 November 9, 2000
  • Initial public release
1.10 April 20, 2001
  • Enhanced to store up to 20 last used prefixes in the registry (as opposed to previously hard-coded set of prefixes). The prefix list is now sorted by most-recently-used (MRU) order rather alphabetical order as before.
  • Enhanced setup to erase files and registry data when uninstalling. Also, there should no longer be the silly question about replacing PIMSTORE.DLL with obsolete version.
1.20 December 4, 2001
  • Fixed a bug in the prefix list MRU algorithm that kept stuffing the list with duplicates of the last used prefix.

Legalese

This utility is copyright ©2000-2001 Tapani Otala, and shall remain so. You can freely install it as many times as you want. You can also freely copy it as many times as you want, so long as this ReadMe file is copied with it. The only things you cannot do are a) remove this copyright notice, and b) charge money for copies of the software beyond a reasonable fee for shipping and handling.

Furthermore, this software is provided as-is. I believe it to be reasonably free of bugs. However, if it should reduce your PocketPC into a smoldering heap of plastic and metal, well, that's just too bad. I would appreciate hearing about it, though, if for nothing else than to figure out how I managed to do it.

Microsoft Windows CE and Microsoft PocketPC are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.

Author

Tapani Otala (tapani@tjotala.com)