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MCE Outlook

MCE Outlook is an MCE interface for viewing Appointments, Contacts, Emails, Notes and Tasks on your MCE, using the remote control.
The current version does support creating new items and sending email.
For using MCE Outlook it is assumed that you are familiar with the concepts and structure of Microsoft Outlook.

For a proper use of MCE Outlook, it is recommended that you start Outlook first and take care there are no popup windows like reminders.
Since MCE is always on the foreground, you cannot see these popup windows, but Outlook will wait responding until you remove the popup windows by answering or pressing the OK button. MCE Outlook will wait until all popups are removed and Outlook is free to communicate with MCE Outlook.
This is a problem of Outlook, so I can't change this.

The main page shows the default folders on the right and the main folders on the left-center.
You can go directly to a default folder using the right buttons or browse through the folder system using the left-center buttons.
By browsing, you will also find the default folders.
The default folders are limited to Appointments, Contacts, Inbox, Sent Items, Notes and Tasks, while browsing will show you all folders and subfolders except the Deleted Items folders and Address Lists.
When you are in a Folder, pressing the Sub Folders button will show you all the sub folders, including nested sub folders.

To view an item, whether it is an Appointment, Contact, Email, Note or Task, just press on it and you will get the details.
Contacts are shown by first character, to view Contacts starting with another character, press the character button on the small keyboard on the right side of the screen.
Appointments and Emails are shown by date and only a time span of 7 days is shown. For Appointments its the current day + the next week, for Emails its the last 7 days. If you need another time span, press Go To Date and on the calendar choose a date, the date will appear at the top of the screen. If the date is right, press Confirm and your Email/Appointments are shown for that date again with a time span of 7 days.
Emails are shown in HTML view mode (but with the Text Mode button, you can go to plain text), which often results in small characters. You can zoom and pan to make it more visible. Zooming by pressing the Zoom In or Zoom Out buttons, panning by using the Up, Down, PgUp or PgDn keys for vertical panning and the Home and End keys for horizontal panning. On the remote control use the Up and Down arrows for vertical panning and the Skip and Replay keys for horizontal panning.

New Appointments, Contacts, Emails, Notes and Tasks can be created in the default folders.
When you save an email, Outlook will save it in the Drafts or Outbox folder and it will be send when Outlook looks for new email, so you can't send it directly. To bypass this, you can send emails directly by using the Send ASP Email button, only in this case the email is not saved in Outlook. The Setup page lets you enter the data for the ASP email.

In all input pages, you can use the TripleTap with your remote control and then press the Copy button to copy the text in the specific field, or use the remote controlled keyboard with the Get button.
Date fields have an extra button, so you can use the calendar to enter a date and be sure the format matches your computers settings. For time fields you will see a spinner box to choose the right time and duration. For email fields an Address Book is implemented.

The Setup page now also lets you change the language, the background and turn on/off the Marquee additionally you can enter a signature for your emails. You can also change the start time for the weekly planboard.

To work with Categories, you have to create one entry in the default Contacts folder with the name Categories. Then make this Contact member of all the Categories you use. Unfortunately it is not possible to read the Outlook master list of categories, so we have to do it this way.

For creating new items or editing old items, the following fields are supported:

Email:

  • Recipient
  • CC
  • Subject
  • Body

Appointments:

  • Subject
  • Body
  • Date
  • Location
  • Time
  • Duration
  • Categories

Contacts:

  • FullName
  • FileAs
  • Address
  • HomePhone
  • MobilePhone
  • BusinessPhone
  • HomeEmail
  • BusinessEmail
  • WebPage
  • Body
  • Categories

Notes:

  • Subject
  • Body

Tasks:

  • Subject
  • Body
  • DueDate
  • StartDate
  • Categories

If you need additional fields, please let me know by email.

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Working with extenders

Extender logs onto the Media Center PC as a user.  Another guy showed
me how to get it to work -- might be worth posting on your site or the
GB!  See http://www.betaone.net/forum/thread-16476.html

Hey Max Beeter,

First, start with creating a new account on your XP machine. Name it MCX2 or something. Logon to Windows with this new account so the users profile is created. logoff, and login as an administrator. Now replace that newly created profile with the profile of your actual extender user witch is usually MCX1. Don't just copy it with the explorer, use the "User Profiles" option from the properties of the "My Computer" icon on your desktop. Don't forget to hand out rights/privileges to the MCX2 user!

Now logon with the MCX2 account and setup your outlook account, make sure it uses the Exchange mailbox you want to use on your extender. Start MCE Outlook and double check everything works like it should. If it don't work in a regular windows session, it surely won't work on the extender!!!

Now logoff and logon as an Administrator again, and repeat the profile copy process, now copying the MCX2 profile to the MCX1 profile (again, don't forget to set the privileges) and make MCX1 also a member of *all* the groups MCX2 is a member of. Now start your xbox and have fun
If everything works you can safely remove the MCX2 account.

If it doesn't work, please explain witch part doesn't work...

Good luck, and have fun.

Cheers
Cacti

 

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MCE Outlook Main Screen MCE Outlook Folders MCE Outlook Setup
MCE Outlook Planboard MCE Outlook Agenda MCE Outlook Inbox
 
MCE Outlook Contact Details   MCE Outlook Email Details
MCE Outlook Edit/ New Appointment MCE Outlook New/Reply Email MCE Outlook Edit/New Contact
 
MCE Outlook Edit/ New Note   MCE Outlook Edit/New Task
MCE Outlook Calendar MCE Outlook AddressBook MCE Outlook Keyboard

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