Custom forms in Outlook 2003

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I'm trying to customize the contact forms with very personalized information.
I figured out how to design and publish forms, however when it comes to
setting up specific fields and dropdown boxes I'm not able to get it to work.

Does what I'm attempting to do require Visual Basic or some other
programming or is it a matter of just figuring out how to get the properties
and advanced properties set up properly.

I can find no "how to" books on this subject and find nothing on the
Microsoft website on this topic either.

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
 
Setting up specifc fields is a matter of dragging the field from the form's Field Chooser or binding a field to a control using the Value tab of the control's Properties dialog.

As for populating combo boxes, see http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?ID=32

If you're interested in a how-to book, check the URL in my signature. That page describes both my Outlook programming books, which cover custom forms extensively.

FYI, there is a newsgroup specifically for Outlook forms issues "down the hall" at microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms or, via web interface, at http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...spx?dg=microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms
 
Thanks Sue. I think one of the problems I'm having is that I'm creating
user defined fields ..... for example there is no place for birthday for
spouse .... no place for children so I've added custom fields for that .....
We're a financial services firm so we're also ranking clients ..... lots of
customized fields. Your book handles this? Also, this doesn't require
"programming" but just getting properties set up correctly?

Thanks
 
I'm not sure what you mean by "just getting properties set up correctly." Did you try what I suggested -- dragging a field from the Field Chooser to a custom page?

As I said, my books cover custom forms extensively. You can read through the complete table of contents at the URL below.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54
 
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