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Create Task

This function creates a Notes task (todo) document by: 1. Accepting parameters like assigned user, subject, start date, due date, body, and category. 2. Populating fields of a new Notes task document with the parameter values. 3. Saving the document and optionally opening it for editing. 4. Returning a success or failure value.

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Create Task

This function creates a Notes task (todo) document by: 1. Accepting parameters like assigned user, subject, start date, due date, body, and category. 2. Populating fields of a new Notes task document with the parameter values. 3. Saving the document and optionally opening it for editing. 4. Returning a success or failure value.

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Function CreateTask(assignedTo As String, subject As String, startDate As String

, dueDate As String, body As String, import As Variant, linkto As notesdocument,


categoryText As String) As Integer
%REM
'This function creates a Notes TASK (ToDo) in the mail database
Parameters:
1. assignedTo - Type String. A person name.
2. subject - Type String. The task subject.
3. startDate - Type Variant. The starting date of the task.
4. dueDate - Type Variant. The completion date of the task.
5. body - Type String. The contents of the task body.
6. import - Type Variant. The importance of the task. 1=High, 2=Medium, 3=Low
7. linkto - Type NotesDocument. Used to create a doclink.
8. categoryText - Type String. The task category.
Example of Usage:
subject = "Custom Subject"
completion by " & doc.DueDate(0)
startdate = Today
duedate = Cdat(doc.DueDate(0))
assignedTo = doc.Champion(0)
body = "Custom Body" & Chr(10)
cat = "SIU"
-->> Call SendTask(assignedTo, subject, startdate, duedate, body, "1", doc,
cat)
%END REM
Dim ws As New NotesUIWorkspace
Dim rtitem As NotesRichTextItem
Dim todoDoc As NotesDocument
Dim maildb As New NotesDatabase( "", "" )
Call maildb.OpenMail
Set todoDoc = New NotesDocument(maildb)
'Setup error handling
On Error Goto ErrorHandler
'Populate task fields
With todoDoc
.Form = "Task"
.Subject = subject
.StartDate = Cdat(startdate & " 12:01:00 PM")
.DueDate = Cdat(duedate & " 12:01:00 PM")
.DueDateTime = Cdat(duedate & " 12:01:00 PM")
.CalendarDateTime = Cdat(startdate & " 12:01:00 PM")
.Importance = import
.AssignedTo = assignedto
.Chair = assignedTo
.CopyTo = copyto
.Categories = categoryText
.TaskType = "1"
.tmpOwnerHW = "1"
.tmpNoActionBar = "1"
.NoticeType = ""
.~_ViewIcon = 8
End With
'Handle the rich text Body field and doclink
Set rtItem = todoDoc.CreateRichTextItem("Body")
Call rtItem.AddNewLine(2)
Call rtItem.AppendText(body)
If Not( linkto Is Nothing) Then
Call rtItem.AddNewLine(2)
Call rtItem.AppendText("Click link to open document -->")
Call rtItem.AppendDocLink(linkto, "Click link to open document")
End If
'Save the Task (ToDo) document
Call todoDoc.ComputeWithForm(False, False)
Call todoDoc.save(True, False)
If (Msgbox("A new task was created and saved." & Chr(10) & "Would you li
ke to edit this task now?", 36, GetTitle())) = 6 Then
'Display the newly created task in edit mode
Call ws.EditDocument(True, todoDoc)
End If
'Return a success
SendTask=True
Exit Function
ErrorHandler:
Print ( "Error " & Str$(Err) & ": " & Error$ )
Resume TheEnd
TheEnd:
'Return a failure
SendTask = False
End Function

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