Contact forms, problem with adjusting the standard

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I'm a beginner with form so probably this is a simple question.

I tried to adjust the standard contacts form. That worked, but why can't I
adjust the sheet "details"?

Besides that I put some self defined fields on the main sheet. When I use
the form I can fill them in. After saving those fields (yes/no) are not
visible anymore, other (text)fields are.

Thanks a lot,

Boris
 
The Details tab cannot be customized. You would have to hide it and
re-create any controls from it that you wanted to use on a custom tab.

Are your yes/no (Boolean) fields bound to user properties? They would
not retain information unless they were. See
http://www.slipstick.com/dev/forms.htm for lots of forms development
information.
 
Thanks for the tip.

About the boolean field I stil don't get it. When I open the contact, the
field are not visible. But on the sheet "all field" the are visible in the
list, and the are filled in!

Boris
 
That usually means you have a user property but no control to display
the property. Do you have a checkbox on the form for the user
property?
 
Sorry, but I don't understand what you mean user properties.
I have another selfmade form, the checkboxes work.
I copied them to the modified standard contactsform.
In an new contact you can see and fill in the checkbox, and save it.
After reopening they are not visible.

Boris
 
A user property is one you create, it shows up in the
Item.UserProperties collection and in a form it's shown as a field in
the item or in the folder or in both on the All Fields tab. A control
like a checkbox can be used to enter data (True/False in this case)
but to retain the value the control must be bound to a user property.
You do that on the Value tab of the control in the Property sheet for
that control.

See http://www.slipstick.com/dev/forms.htm for lots of forms design
information.
 
Finally I found it!

Everything was right, but they were still invisible.
I found that I had clicked on the "seperate reading format". This is
probably not
the right word, but I don't have an English version of Outlook. During
designing
a form: "forms"an then the third choice from above.
I had some fields only visible for writing the record, not for reading.
 
The separate read and compose pages are problems in custom forms if
you don't account for which controls are available in either or both
pages.




Finally I found it!

Everything was right, but they were still invisible.
I found that I had clicked on the "seperate reading format". This is
probably not
the right word, but I don't have an English version of Outlook. During
designing
a form: "forms"an then the third choice from above.
I had some fields only visible for writing the record, not for
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reading.
 
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