RE: How can you change a recurrence without losing exceptions?

From: Bill (Bill_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/09/05 

Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 21:47:01 -0800

Please send this request to anyone you know at Microsoft with any pull
whatsoever. I posted on this very thing and I get the impression that many
have. This design error makes recurring appointments nearly useless and is
indicative of very lazy programming with respect to making a feature useful
rather than making a feature technically reliable. In other words by
rewriting all recurring records the programmer of this feature has made it
very reliable because he/she has reused one piece of code but has made the
feature functionally many times less useful and has disrespected user data, a
huge problem, to boot. Frankly I would take the person who designed it this
way to the woodshed or the pink slip room it is so stupid but who am I to say.

Oh yea, a user that has been burned badly

"Randy" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> when I change a recurring appointment, I get a message saying that any
> exceptions to the changes will be lost. How can I change the recurrence
> without losing the exceptions? Is it possible to save these exceptions in
> the calendar?
>
> Thanks,
> Randy

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