Multiple related contacts

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Hi,

I'm trying to create a tab where a user can relate one contact to up to ten additional contacts, including a custom drop-down for each row that describes how the two are related. I used the out-of-the-box controls for linking a contact to one other contact, and that works fine. However, once I pick that first related contact, it populates my other nine text fields with that first contact's name. Is there a way that I can make nine new unique fields based off of the Contact field and of type Recipient to allow this?

Thanks.
 
No. You would have to create your own custom fields for this. You can't add new recipient-type fields.
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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
 
Hi,

Thanks much for the response. Is there an easy way to create a custom field that functions the same way as a recipient-type field? Thanks again.

-Wade

----- Sue Mosher [MVP] wrote: -----

No. You would have to create your own custom fields for this. You can't add new recipient-type fields.
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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
 
Wade,

You may want to take a look at our product http://www.tabtag.com which lets
you set up relationships between contacts - and all the information is
stored in a SQL database.

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Michael Tissington
http://www.tabtag.com
http://www.oaklodge.com


Wade said:
Hi,

I'm trying to create a tab where a user can relate one contact to up to
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ten additional contacts, including a custom drop-down for each row that
describes how the two are related. I used the out-of-the-box controls for
linking a contact to one other contact, and that works fine. However, once
I pick that first related contact, it populates my other nine text fields
with that first contact's name. Is there a way that I can make nine new
unique fields based off of the Contact field and of type Recipient to allow
this?
 
Is there a complicated way?

Evan Camilleri


No.
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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


Wade said:
Is there an easy way to create a custom field that functions the same way
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as a recipient-type field?
 
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