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LotusScript to create repeating reminders in a Lotus Notes calendar


Blessan V Philip
08.24.2006
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When triggered from within a mail file in Lotus Domino R6, this LotusScript code will set a repeating reminder for every Friday at 10 a.m. in a user's Lotus Notes calendar. If a previous reminder already exists -- from being created previously from this code -- it will delete that repeating reminder and create a new one.

Use the 'No_of_week' variable to increase the repeating weeks for which the reminder is set, e.g. 10 for 10 weeks.

Nb: Maximum number of weeks up to which it worked was 33. Use the 'subjt' variable to set the subject of the reminder. Now, use the 'pop_Str' variable to set the alarm pop-up.

This LotusScript code can be incorporated into a hotspot button, embedded in an email that you can send out. Clicking on this button will create repeating reminder entries in the receiver's Lotus Notes mail calendar.

With little modification of this LotusScript code, you can also schedule it to run overnight, may


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be at a gap of one month duration, which can create repeating reminder entries on mail files.

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