Creating custom forms in Outlook 2003

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Robb Nachtigal

I am trying to change the default form for Accounts in
Business Contact Manager 2003 to add a user defined
field. I'm not sure if I'm doing this right and I'm
having trouble. Here are the steps I'm taking.

1. Select Tools...Forms...Design Forms
2. Select "Personal Forms Library"
3. Select "Account" form and open
4. I now have the form open in design mode and can make
changes to the form as I want. However when I go to save
the form I get an error saying "The account cannot be
saved unless it contains an account name. Please type a
name in the account name box, and then save". If I do
this then that name is saved with the form and comes up
every time I add a new account.

Also, I am assuming you have to publish the form in order
for the form to actually be used as the default for the
folder.

If anyone has suggestions or can point me to a resource I
would appretiate it greatly. Thanks.
 
BCM doesn't officially support custom forms. (I played with it a little during the beta, but didn't get very far.) You should be able to publish the form, though, if you disable the BCM addin first.

I *strongly* recommend that you make a backup .oft copy of the original Account form before you overwrite it with your new form.

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