14Mar

Run a Perl Script on Outlook Emails to genereate Calendar Events?

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Is there a way to run a Perl script on incoming emails to create calendar events? My company uses its own internal calendar system that sends me emails everytime a new event/meeting is scheduled. I’d like to be able to create a perl script or VB script that would “Read” the incoming emails, strip out the meeting info (date, time, locations, etc.) and then create a new calendar event. Is this possible?

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2 Responses to “Run a Perl Script on Outlook Emails to genereate Calendar Events?”

  1. Posted by martinthurn 15th March, 2010 at 10:19 am

    No, it’s not possible to call Perl from Outlook. It should be possible in VB, since VB is a “native” language in MS Office. As a starting point, try selecting the “run a script” option in Outlook’s Rules Wizard. I assume you can select a VB function there…

  2. Posted by sterno73 17th March, 2010 at 12:48 pm

    You could write a Perl script to parse your emails and generate calendar events, but it wouldn’t run automatically, you’d have to run it manually. I’m including a link to the module you would need and a perlmonks question that has some code to get you started.

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