Tasks - Is there a postponed date column?

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ofw62

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Say I have task and set it to postpone, for instance, 4 days.
Is there a column that I can select that will show this postponed date?

Thanks.
 

Diane Poremsky

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You can make a list of snoozed reminders but to add it to the task list, you'd need to do a lookup to find the correct item and create custom fields for the response.

Code:
Sub FindSnoozedReminders()
    Dim objReminder As Outlook.Reminder
    Dim objReminders As Outlook.Reminders
    Dim strList As String
    Dim i As Long
    Dim objItem As MailItem
   
    'Get all the reminders in Outlook
    Set objReminders = Outlook.Reminders

    i = 1
    For Each objReminder In objReminders
        'Get the snoozed reminders
        If (objReminder.OriginalReminderDate <> objReminder.NextReminderDate) = True Then
            strList = strList & i & ". " & " (" & Replace(TypeName(objReminder.Item), "Item", "") & ")" & objReminder.Caption & vbCrLf & " Snoozed to " & objReminder.NextReminderDate & vbCrLf & vbCrLf
           i = i + 1
        End If
    Next objReminder

    'Display the list of snoozed reminders in a message form
    Set objItem = Outlook.Application.CreateItem(olMailItem)
    With objItem
         .Body = "Snoozed Reminders" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & strList
         .Display
    End With
End Sub
 

Diane Poremsky

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This should work to display a message box, but my outlook 2016 (exchange account) is crashing on it (and on a lot of other things) - it works in 2007 (in a pst), so i know the code is good.

It displays a message box - you could have it write to a custom field, but would need to run it to update the field.

Code:
Sub GetNextReminderTime_TaskList()
    Dim objTasksFolder As Outlook.Folder
    Dim objTask As Outlook.TaskItem
    Dim objReminders As Outlook.Reminders
    Dim objReminder As Outlook.Reminder
 
    Set objTasksFolder = Outlook.Application.ActiveExplorer.currentFolder
    Set objReminders = Outlook.Reminders
    Set objTask = Application.ActiveExplorer.Selection.Item(1)

      For Each objReminder In objReminders
          If objReminder.Item.Class = olTask And objReminder.Caption = objTask.Subject And objReminder.OriginalReminderDate = objTask.ReminderTime Then
                MsgBox objReminder.NextReminderDate
               End If
          Next
End Sub
 

ofw62

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Thank you Diane.
There are so many fields to select, it is a bit strange that this one is missing, given the many other fields to select from.

Example:
I have a task to do something
I did so.
However, I should do it again next week and the week thereafter and thereafter, the coming 3 months.
So, I use the postpone option *
There are options for hours, 1 day, 2 days, 3 days, etc.
Now, I did postpone it and it should start reminding me after ?? days
But ... was it 3 days, 4 days .. what? (Am not sure what I selected).
I wanted to find out and noticed such column did and does not exist and the 'reminder date' remained the same, i.e. the original date,
not the postpone date.



*Note: I am not so much in favour of a recurring task.
I had a few in the past, but when I didn't need them anymore, I couldn't get rid of them, I got errors when setting them complete,
errors when changing dates, when trying to delete them, whatever.
Hence my 'workaround' - create a task and if it should be repeated, I use the postpone option.
 

Diane Poremsky

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The reminders are stored in the reminders collection which makes it harder to get the value. I'll take a look at adding the field - there are ways to run it automatically.
 

Diane Poremsky

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I added the code to create the fields, but it crashes outlook 2016. :(
 

ofw62

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Sorry for the delay.
Thanks Diane.
I guess that currently there is no solution for this.

If you have a task, with a reminder date, let's say today.
A pop up shows up
Then at the bottom there is an option to postpone it.
Say you postpone it a week.

Now, I have noticed that the reminder date remains as original, i.e. today.
It does not change the reminder date.
See below example. A task is postponed a number of times, hence it is overdue by even 5 weeks.
If I select a snooze period of a week, the task will pop up next week, but the original reminder date is still the same.

But there is no way to figure out the 'snooze-date' or how it would be named.

Anyway, let it rest, it is impossible right now.

Thanks again.


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Diane Poremsky

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My first answer, Tasks - Is there a postponed date column?, will do it in the form of a list if all snoozed reminders. While not exactly what you want, it works.

My other attempts at getting the reminder and putting it in a pop up or a custom field crashes my outlook 2016. The popup worked in 2007, so it looks like either something changed or its my account. Test the code in #3 with your setup - it will either crash outlook or bring up a message box with the snoozed time.

I'm trying to do it using redemption, but receive an error - which is probably the same issue that is causing the crash, but more informative. :)
 
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