I got the new computer. Everything is working much faster and all my links work. I am a happy man. It is so much easier to get to the bottom of my inbox. I am now finding that selecting all emails then clicking outlinker and going through them in outlinker from top to bottom is the best way to do so in a focused way.

Thanks,

Phil

On my system I also have OutLinker attach a copy of the message and put the content of the message in the note. That way if the hyperlink breaks I still have the message and can always search for it if needed based on the text on the note.

Related to my last post, when you change computer, will the links in my mindmaps still map to the correct emails? Do I have to make sure that my pst files are in exactly the same folder in the new computer?

Thanks,

Phil

One of the things that I think may be causing the problem here is the general performance of my computer. I am starting to notice that it is slow in other areas also. I have ordered a new computer and will let you know whether I continue to have problems with that one.

Thanks again,

Phil

1. When does the delay occur? Is it between the time you launch outlinker and when you see the dialog box, or after you click on the button?

2. Are you using the "Send to active map" or the "MindReader" button?

3. If you select and process more than one message, is the performance any different?

4. What version of outlook and MindManager are you using?

5. Is performance any different if you work on a message that is in a pst file already rather than your exchange inbox?

I tried creating a new archive folder but it didn't seem to help with the speed issue. If you wouldn't mind creating a version of outlinker with timers so we can figure out where the delay is, that would be great.

Thanks again.

Phil

Sorry about the speed issue. That seems strange. On my systems it responds almost instantly. It can be a little sluggish dealing with gmail, but that reflects the distances involved. Are you selecting more than one message at a time? That can reduce the overhead of startup. Do you use GyroQ or send each message to MindManager in realtime. Using the queue can speed things up in that regard. Even sending message to mindmanager directly only takes a few seconds. If I have a pile of messages I sometimes use the "autooutlinker" button to move things all into a capture map and then mark them up there.

Is there anything strange about your archive folder that might slow things down. You might try creating a fresh pst file and see if that improves things.

If none of the suggestions above helps, perhaps we can create a version of outlinker with timers that tracks down exactly where the delay is.

Let me know how you make out.

How can I make Outlinker faster? I already work in cached exchange mode but it still takes about 30-45 seconds for outlinker to initiate then send to MM and archive. I love this software but would like to be able to power through my inbox faster if at all possible.

Thanks,

Phil

Did you set your security settings to medium? If they are set high or you decline to "enable macros" the macros will disappear from menu I believe. The other possibility I guess would be if it was placing the vbaproject.otm file in the wrong spot. You could search for this file to locate where it is.

Note that the installation won't put the buttons on the toolbar — that has to be done manually.

If the message is "Outlinker could not open MindManager", try the latest version as it now tries a few different calls to get connected to MindManager.

If that doesn't work, just use the "Queue" button to route things through GyroQ to MM rather than having them go straight over.

When does the error come up — when you first run the macro or when you hit a button? It should be able to route things through gyroq without launching mindmanager at all.

Do you have MindManager 7 still installed on your system?

I'm using MM8 and GyroQ 2.0.1.3, and installed Outlinker as described, but each time I try to use it it gives me a window box that says "Can't launch MindManager."
Even though MM and GyroQ are active.

Any thoughts?

http://wiki.activityowner.com/index.php?title=Manually_Adding_Outlinker_Macro

I have had good use of mindreader from the beginning.
Latest version doesn´t work however.

I´m informed that i dont´t have the mindmanager 8 type library?

I have version 7 of mindmanager and settings for that.

Thanks for the change in the code; I'll have a look at the s2am keyword too – sounds good! BTW: I like the daily stats too, they provide for a nice chart in excel.

I usually write in a specific next action rather than use the subject line as is so it hadn't occurred to me to do this. The "cleansubject" routine was used for the text prompt above.

Note that the code has two other recent changes including a "send to activemap" (s2am) keyword (which does an immediate transfer to the active map's selected topic, and a timer that tells you how quickly you are moving through your mailbox.

I"ve been really enjoying outlinker use. Unfortunately it (and NAA) keep me too focused on getting things done to blog about it much :-).

I've been using outlinker for quite a while now and still love this tool.
One thing I've wanted to be different was the fact that the "action" in mindmanager would always include the "RE:" or "FW:"
When looking around in the code, I found there was already a function to remove these from the text in the dialog.

The change I've made is in the GetNextAction function:
defaultna = cleansubject(objitem.Subject)

Maybe this is something for other users too, or something for your main thread …

regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\scrrun.dll

The error is (429): ActiveX control cannot create object …

I think this may be related to a recent "automatic MS update", but have no clue where to start looking. Can you help out?