Link Outlook contacts to Access - customised??

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When I link my outlook contacts to access only sertain fields are available. How can I customise the linked table to display more fields?
 
Hi Corne,

The "fields" you see in the usual Outlook Contacts form are only
indirectly related to the actual data stored wherever that particular
installation of Outlook stores it. You have

1) the "fields" in the usual Contacts form, which are a subset of
2) the much wider set of "contact fields" available in the Outlook
Define Views dialog, which correspond more or less one-to-one to
3) the *properties* exposed by the Contact object in the Outlook
object model, which are *not* the same as
4) the actual data fields that are stored.

And then there are
(5) the fields that appear when you try and export from or link to the
Contacts folder.

As I understand it, just what appears in (5) is determined to some
extent by the current view of the folder, so you might try altering
the view and re-linking to Access. Otherwise, you can always get
pretty much what you want by using the Outlook object model via
Automation.

The best place I know for information about outlook is
www.slipstick.com
 
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