An Outlook Tasks ToDo list in PowerApps (or something else) - outlook

I want to somehow create a To Do list in PowerApps, that connects to Outlook Tasks. It is avaliable as a
data source in PowerApps, so should be possible.
I want it to be shareable. The new Microsoft To-Do app is not, so can't use that. At least not yet.
EDIT 2018-05-15: Rather go directly to the answer given here, than read the rest, if you want to make a shareable To Do list that integrates with Outlook Tasks!
There is already a To Do list template in PowerApps, but it is built on Wunderlist and I do not want this (because I can't
see how Wunderlist can connect to Outlook Tasks). Good thing is Wunderlist is shareable, though.
Nevertheless, I am trying to start with the Wunderlist template, and replace all Wunderlist calls with appropriate Outlook Tasks calls; e.g.
UpdateContext({MyList:Wunderlist.RetrieveLists()});;
with something like:
UpdateContext({MyList:OutlookTasks.GetAllTasks(...
Anyone gone through this is welcome to give a hint. I have scanned through the Internet for any instructions, or a book, but as always
I find nothing. But I know this is all so new yet.
Or else, is there another way to go?

I finally found a way to accomplish this. But no, the PowerApp way is not the easiest way to go (at least yet). I edited the title.
Better to use Planner and Outlook Tasks, and create a group in Microsoft Teams.
In Teams, you can easily add Planner to the tabs, and it at once gives you a To Do option. You can select exactly those people should see the list
(member of the team: all of them , some, or only yourself). It works well on the mobile, too.
At the time of this writing, an integration Planner - Outlook Tasks is not yet implemented
by Microsoft, so for now we can follow Avem Evolution's excellent videos (using Flow):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FytBrdPHH-A
Matt Soseman's article is very useful too:
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/skypehybridguy/2017/08/30/microsoft-teams-using-planner-to-stay-organized/

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How to write a macro to automate a simple task in web browser

I am proficient with web development languages like HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, etc., but I've never written a macro for a desktop and don't know where to start. I was hoping someone can point me in the right direction.
At work, I perform a very repetitive task that involves the following steps:
Opening up a lead page in Salesforce (My company's web-based CRM client)
Clicking on the email button
Selecting an email template
Clicking the send email button
Opening up a new lead page and repeating steps 2-4
I do this for about 2-300 emails per day. It takes about an hour and a half, and I would like to automate this process as much as I can. I am on Windows. Is there a program out there I can use?
You can automate it with tools like Selenium (IDE is good option for such task if you know JS) or Sikuli. A list of GUI_testing/automation_tools. But since you are
on Windows.
I'm using PowerShell for similar tasks - check my email, login to Firewalls, read news etc. Here is my article of how you can achieve the same using simple user agents. Feel free to reuse the scripts.
If you have any questions about the implementation details - just ask me.
Cheers

sharepoint 2010 infopath custom code button hidden

I've been giving a really fun task at work,
I need to create a SharePoint app or some sort of list on sharepoint, where someone can nominee people from the company to win some sort of recognition then this will go out to a group of people that will approve if they "deserve the recognition".
this project was being work by a guy that left the company last Friday so basically I have a week to do something about it and I don't really know a lot about SharePoint.
I've done my research, and at first I went straight to the technical point of view where I would just basically code a connection to database, design the interface etc... but sharepoint has a really friendly user interface, uh, so friendly that sometimes I feel like I'm not capable of controlling it.
I was assigned a "technical" resource, this person supports SharePoint in the company however she doesn't have experience of creating custom applications or what else.
she teach me how to create a list and editing a form, adding columns to it. A easy way of doing it btw, the fields were connected to the internal database in the company so basically I didn't have to do anything technical at that point.
but then it came the complications/limitations for example I wasn't able to auto-fill information let's say if I would search the name of a person I would want to fill his last name, phone number organization automatically, I would also like to nominee more than 1 people for a single project.
I found out that you're able to open the form in InfoPath so I did it and then I was looking for developer tap option but it just disappear every time I open up the form.
I was also expecting for a tree view or a binding view of the internal database where some controls were connected but I wasn't able to find anything.
I can only use the SharePoint that's already up on the intranet of the company, I don't have access to databases, therefore I can't connect to them "directly" let's say from VStudio to map data back and forth.
I understand this may not be a very technical question this more of an advice to a fellow developer I develop generally for android.
is there a way of just going around this issue?
thanks and I appreciate whoever reads this.
David,
I don't think someone is ever going to have an issue like this, but I came to the conclusion that you need access to the sharepoint server and use VS inside the server in order to code the custom list and form, having the capability to connect to internal databases.
Please ask one question per post!
I've done my research, and at first I went straight to the technical
point of view where I would just basically code a connection to
database, design the interface etc...
For this, you do not need to use Sharepoint! Use MS SQL Server
she teach me how to create a list
If you have chosen to usу Sharepoint lists then they use нтвук the MS SQL Server for storing them...
I found out that you're able to open the form in InfoPath so I did it
and then I was looking for developer tap option but it just disappear
every time I open up the form.
Please check the answer to question "Custom Code is disabled on my form/(it is a workflow form of a sp list workflow process)/ any workaround?". That is, code behind is not available in Infopath for Sharepoint List Form, it is by design.

How to track multiple user feedback in SketchFlow?

Looking for the best practice here... I would like to allow multiple users to provide feedback against a single SketchFlow project. They would also like this ability so that they could see everyone else's annotations. I realize that they could very well do this now, but is there a way to distinguish what feedback belongs to a given user?
It seems to me that there are two possible solutions, both seem a bit kludgey:
Single .feedback file -- Ask users to each use their own color (i.e. Tom always uses red, Sally always uses blue, etc)...or, ask users to include their initials in their feedback statements.
Individual .feedback files -- Publish (copy) the SketchFlow project to individual folders, one folder for each user. While this would definitely distinguish user feedback, they would not be able to see other users' feedback.
It is amazing how fast technology evolves and improves! With the advent of the just-released (June 7, 2010) SketchFlow/Blend version 4 there is a much more elegant way to handle this. SketchFlow 3 followed the hub-and-spoke approach, where multiple reviewers could submit feedback, but only the designer could see them all. SketchFlow 4 lets you publish to SharePoint with one click, where all reviewers may now see each others' comments. The (minor) drawbacks, though, are two:
You must have SharePoint.
You must use a Silverlight prototype (not a WPF prototype).
For further reading, I direct you to these:
Expression evangelist Christian Schormann, Collaborative SketchFlow Feedback with SharePoint, June 6, 2010.
My just-published article Creating WPF Prototypes with SketchFlow, June 18, 2010. See the Managing Feedback section.
You are correct that those are the 2 current options.

Outlook API, Custom Account Type

I am looking at doing some serious MS Outlook extensibility, going beyond the concept of e-mail, but still in the realm of messaging.
As such, I will need to be able to make Outlook aware of a new 'Account Type' (i.e., it currently only understands POP, Exchange, etc).
Can anyone point me to an area of the API that may facilitate this functionality, if it exists...?
Thanks
Adam,
reading your question about having a new provider you would have to look at creating a new Mapi provider. This is a pretty complicated area a place to start would be MSDN
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc979221.aspx also look for the pdf book "Inside mapi" on the internet
There may be other ways to look at the problem though using Addins for outlook that would extend the UI using panes and form regions etc. or and older technique is to use subclassing and hooking.
Marcus

More examples of Prism (Composite Application Library) Applications?

The examples that Microsoft's Patterns and Practices provides are quite helpful:
about a half-dozen simpler QuickStarts which touch on specific issues
the StockTrader reference implementation, which is a fairly rounded application
but it lacks a more useful base application that reads and writes to a data source (XML or database), allowing users to login, edit data, logout, etc. (something like what ASP.NET MVC comes with).
Since Prism applications can get quite complex and lengthy (the StockTrader example is almost 300 files without tests), it would be helpful to have an application that takes care of the CRUD bulk that everyone needs to build for most apps anyway.
Does anyone know of any data-editing Prism example apps out there?
Here (http://petedoesstuff.net/Blog/?p=79) you'll find a bunch of links to the samples of using the Prism.
Particularly, LateNight (http://code.google.com/p/cwpfsamples/) may be what you need. It has login screen and data editing functions.
Its feedback I've seen a lot of. I'll pass this onto the Team and see if we can get some more examples put online around this space.
I'm currently writing my own demo app now, so i'll also try and put that online via my blog.
Scott Barnes - Rich Platforms Product Manager - Microsoft.
The reason data access was left out of the Prism RI is because it is largely irrelevant to Prism. I would think you're better off looking at something like DinnerNow for those kind of things.

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