Feature Request: Sync-Tasks with ClearContext-Outlook-plugin

[MarktheMark]

To use MLO and ClearContext (www.clearcontext.com) at the same time,
it would be necessary to have a two way syncronization in CC's user-
defined-field. By that, MLO could be used for hierarchical task-
management while CC could be used for linking e-mails, appointments
and tasks within Outlook belonging to the same project.

CC is an Outlook plugin primarily for filing e-mails semi-
automatically. Additionally it allows for linking e-mails,
appointments and tasks related to a specific project and giving an
overview of the whole picture in the "Dashboard"-view within Outlook.

Technically, CC stores e-mails in a hierarchical folder structure and
uses the path of e-mails as the name for projects. The project name is
obviously stored in an user-defined Outlook-field called "CC-
TopicName". Tasks and appointments can than be assigned to these
projects and viewed in CC's Dashboard. You can set-up CC as to have
the same hierarchy of projects as you have in your MLO. Now, the
problem is, that if you move tasks out of a project to another in MLO,
this change is not represented in CC. Equally, when you move a task in
Outlook from one CC-project to another that change is not represented
in MLO.

What is needed is simply to have a two way syncronization between
Outlook and MLO regarding CC's user defined task-field "CC-TopicName".
MLO nearly provides for that. In "Tools/Options/To-Do list format/Task
path" you can encode the task path. This MLO-task path (without the
task name) would just have to be filled into "CC-TopicName" before
syncronization with Outlook. Thus, CC would map in Outlook the task
hierarchy you have set up in MLO. What you change in MLO would change
in CC.
Ideally - for a true two way syncronization - MLO would also use the
"CC-TopicName"-field to check, if tasks have been moved in Outlook and
move them within it's own hierarchy accordingly.

If you implement this feature, this would make for perfect harmony of
Outlook pimped up with ClearContext and MLO as the ideal hierarchical
task-manager.

[Richard Collings]

As another Clear Context user I would also favour improved integration in
some way. However, the new version of Clear Context (V5) no longer uses
user defined fields - they use categories instead.

And my folder structure on Outlook bears only limited resemblance to my MLO
task structure.

Needs further thought I think.

Richard

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[MarktheMark]

Thanks for sharing your thoghts Richard. I use ClearContext v5. As far
as I can see, CC now introduces a new set of fields called "Clear
Context". You can access them in the "field chooser" ("Feldauswahl" in
german). There are 10 new CC-fields, one of them is "CC-TopicName".
That's the one to go.
And: The fact, that your outlook folders dont resemble to your MLO-
structure is exactly the reason, why a true syncronization is called
for. The Outlook folder structure should follow the MLO-structure,
dont you think?
Best,
Mark

[Tim Lambie]

I would like to see this as well for all the reasons mentioned. Does anyone have some ideas or best practices on a workaround?

Thanks