Custom fields

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Greg W

I would like to add 2 date fields to the contacts form. It would work just
fine to add them to the blank area to the right of phone numbers on the
default form. I have read some about this and it seems a little tricky to
get the new fields into all the records/items.
1) How do I add these 2 fields to the default contacts form.
2) Can I make a new form that will access the information in the contacts
folder
3) Can I choose between the default form and the new form when viewing the
records in the contacts folder.
Thanks for any help
Greg
 
Comments inline. For forms basics, you might these pages useful:

http://www.slipstick.com/dev/forms.htm
http://www.slipstick.com/dev/contactform.htm

FYI, there is a separate newsgroup for Outlook forms issues --
microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms.
I would like to add 2 date fields to the contacts form. It would work just
fine to add them to the blank area to the right of phone numbers on the
default form. I have read some about this and it seems a little tricky to
get the new fields into all the records/items.
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1) How do I add these 2 fields to the default contacts form.
Click to expand...

Once you open the contact form in design mode, you should see the Field
Chooser. Click the New button to create each field, then drag the field from
the Field Chooser
2) Can I make a new form that will access the information in the contacts
folder
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Actually, it works the other way around: You can make the existing items in
the Contacts folder display their data in a different form. You need to
change the MessageClass on the existing items to point to your newly
published form's class. See
http://www.slipstick.com/dev/newdefaultform.htm#convert for several tools
and scripts to accomplish this.
3) Can I choose between the default form and the new form when viewing the
records in the contacts folder.
Click to expand...

Not on the fly. Each record is associated with a particular form through the
value of the ContactItem.MessageClass property.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
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