Windows Script to Open and Close Outlook

[erinallen]

I need to setup a user's profile in Outlook on a terminal server. We are using the prf method to do this, but when this script runs:

set oExec= oShell.Exec(strOutlook & "/importprf Outlook2003CitrixProfile.PRF")

oExec.Terminate

it opens outlook and then I try to terminate. The problem is the termination is happening before Outlook is completely open. Is there anyway t ohave the exec wait until it is completely loaded before running the next step?

 

[markdmac]

You really won't be able to determine if it is still "busy" but you can use WSCRIPT.SLEEP to introduce a delay before the script proceeds to the next command.

wscript.sleep 3000 will give you a 3 second delay. 5000 is 5 seconds. You get the idea.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

 

[xmsre]

You don't need to run the outlook client to apply a PRF. use modprof from the ODK, or one of its predecessors, newprof or profgen.

 

[erinallen]

Unfortunately, the modprof and other tools don't work with Outlook 2003.

 

[xmsre]

The Office Profile Wizard/Customization Wisard combination from ORK 2003. All of these tools use a PRF file to create or update an outlook profile.