Remove ‘updated:’ from meeting updates (OL2k/SP3)

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Is there an easy way to automatically (or at least periodically) remove the “Updated:” prefix to accepted meeting updates? I find it a fairly useless prefix and would rather have it removed.

..dane

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You could code the ItemSend event in the ThisOutlook Session Module to strip “Updated: ” from the beginning of the Subject line of every outgoing message if you wish. Something like, untested:

Private Sub Application_ItemSend(ByVal Item As Object, Cancel As Boolean)
Dim strSubject As String
Const strUp As String = “Updated: ”
With Item
strSubject = .Subject
If InStr(1, Left(strSubject, 9), strUp, vbTextCompare) Then _
.Subject = Replace(strSubject, strUp, “”, 1, 1)
End With
End Sub

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Thanks for the reply, John. Sorry it took so long to get back here (proxy server problems)

I ended up going a different route; I have a script that I use to extract calendar items from Outlook and put them into the open-source iCal format, which another (desktop calendar) software uses to show the month’s events.. I simply updated that script to strip out the “Updated:” prefix as well as a few other tweaks, and it’s working great.

And it doesn’t matter if I updated the meeting or if it was an updated meeting request coming in…

thanks,
..dane

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