exporting customized views and fields

  • Thread starter Thread starter Guest
  • Start date Start date
G

Guest

1. I have defined a view for a folder and want to use it on another computer.
2. I have made a new field in a folder and want to use it on another computer.

- What do I do?
 
1) It's not obvious how, but you can use a PST file to back up your views.
Here's a link to an article I wrote on how to manage this:

http://www.exchangeadmin.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8650

2) Either create the field manually in the other folder, copy the entire
folder from your machine, or use code that employs the
itm.UserProperties.Add method to add a field to a folder at the same time
it's added to an item. The article at
http://www.winnetmag.com/WindowsScripting/Article/ArticleID/23483/WindowsScripting_23483.html
includes such a code sample. You don't need to register to download the
code.
 
Hello Sue!

Thank you for for your prompt answere and an informative article on the
subject. However, I have Outlook2000 9.0.0.2814 and there is no option like
copying formats or views of a particular folder. The only option is to copy
the folder as is. Both the "quick and dirty" and the more basic aproach seem
to use the copying format procedure. - Can you still help me?

Best regards
Tron Egil
 
The Copy Folder Design command used by the quick-and-dirty method is
available only if you are connecting to an Exchange server.

For the other technique, if you are not using Exchange, you will need to to
make a copy of any folder-specific view as a general view. (Use the steps
described in the topic on restoring views.) Then you will be able to back up
those general views by using the backup steps.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
Back
Top