Linking or Synchronizing contacts in different OL Contacts folders

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saturnin02

Win XP HE, SP1
OL 2002 SP3
Follw-Up to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts

Hi,
Is there a way to sycn or link contacts that appear in different Contacts
folders in OL 2002 (folders and sub-folders) so that when I edit one it will
automatically edit the same contact in the other folder or sub/folder?
Tx,
S
 
If these Contacts are linked to each other by the Contacts button and field
at the bottom of the form, then yes you have a valid hook for updating the
related Contact when the parent is changed.

To do so, you'd need to use either:

1) A custom Contact form. Add code in the Item_Write event to detect a
change, and use the ContactItem.Links collection to obtain object references
to linked Contacts that you can instantiate and update with related changes.

2) Use a catch-all Contact wrapper class to do the same thing without a
custom form, by using VBA events and properties. My article here (Getting a
Handle on Your E-mails with VBA:
http://blogs.officezealot.com/legault/articles/2224.aspx) illustrates how
you can do this with MailItems, but the technique can be easily adapted for
any Outlook item.
 
Eric,
Thanks for the advice.
I have looked at the links u provided but it looks a bit beyond my skill
level....
 
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