I want to convert one outlook contact form to another outlook contact
form. I have read some posts that talk about using microsofts form
converion tool to do so. I have not seen however any information that
talks about someone doing this and the custom information from one form
gets transfered to the other. Specifically I have one custom field I
would like to travel to the different form. Any words of wisdom?

Thanks.

Tyler

It's not clear from your post exactly what you're trying to do. It could be any of the following:

1) Copy a custom field from the design of one custom form to the design of another custom form

2) Convert items using a particular custom form so that they use a different custom form

3) Create a new custom form based on an existing form

The only "information" that a custom form contains is the information about its user interface, the fields it supports, and the code behind it.

Please let us know what you're trying to accomplish.
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Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
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and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
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I want to convert one outlook contact form to another outlook contact
form. I have read some posts that talk about using microsofts form
converion tool to do so. I have not seen however any information that
talks about someone doing this and the custom information from one form
gets transfered to the other. Specifically I have one custom field I
would like to travel to the different form. Any words of wisdom?

Thanks.

Tyler

Sorry, I will try to be more clear. We have two custom forms, form A
and B. One is no longer used and we want to convert all of the contacts
using form A to form B so that every contact is using the same form.
There is a custom field in both forms that we want to make sure the
data is brought across to these contacts when they are converted from A
to B.

Thanks.

In that case, you simply need to change the MessageClass on the existing items to point to your new form's class, e.g. IPM.Contact.FormB. See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/newdefaultform.htm#convert for several tools and scripts to accomplish this.

Make sure that the form definition for FormB includes the custom property, visible on the User-defined Fields in This Item list on the All Fields page.


--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

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Sorry, I will try to be more clear. We have two custom forms, form A
and B. One is no longer used and we want to convert all of the contacts
using form A to form B so that every contact is using the same form.
There is a custom field in both forms that we want to make sure the
data is brought across to these contacts when they are converted from A
to B.

Thanks.