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Should be simple, but I haven't figured it out:
Lets say I have a contacts folder with a custom form called 'Soccerteam', with 10 contacts created using this form. Now I want to add a text field to this form called 'Jersey Number'. I publish the form, and any new contacts have the 'Jersey Number' field in them. Heres the problem: When I open up any of the contacts created before today, they do NOT have the 'Jersey Number' field. How can I edit these forms so that the changes I make apply to existing items in the folder? Would really appreciate an answer - I'm stumped and can't find any help through microsoft help/ website so far. Thanks! - Rahul |
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To clarify: I am using OL 2003
On Dec 8, 9:27 pm, "Rahul Bijlani" wrote: Should be simple, but I haven't figured it out: Lets say I have a contacts folder with a custom form called 'Soccerteam', with 10 contacts created using this form. Now I want to add a text field to this form called 'Jersey Number'. I publish the form, and any new contacts have the 'Jersey Number' field in them. Heres the problem: When I open up any of the contacts created before today, they do NOT have the 'Jersey Number' field. How can I edit these forms so that the changes I make apply to existing items in the folder? Would really appreciate an answer - I'm stumped and can't find any help through microsoft help/ website so far. Thanks! - Rahul |
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It works now. I have no idea why it didn't earlier. I guess all I had
to do was restart Outlook? On Dec 8, 9:33 pm, "Rahul Bijlani" wrote: To clarify: I am using OL 2003 On Dec 8, 9:27 pm, "Rahul Bijlani" wrote: Should be simple, but I haven't figured it out: Lets say I have a contacts folder with a custom form called 'Soccerteam', with 10 contacts created using this form. Now I want to add a text field to this form called 'Jersey Number'. I publish the form, and any new contacts have the 'Jersey Number' field in them. Heres the problem: When I open up any of the contacts created before today, they do NOT have the 'Jersey Number' field. How can I edit these forms so that the changes I make apply to existing items in the folder? Would really appreciate an answer - I'm stumped and can't find any help through microsoft help/ website so far. Thanks! - Rahul |
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In article . com,
Rahul Bijlani wrote: It works now. I have no idea why it didn't earlier. I guess all I had to do was restart Outlook? Well, it finally cleared the cashe and so you now see the new version of the form. The best practice is to put the version number of a form in the name of the form, such as MyLeagueForm_Ver2, and always use Publish As when you publish the new version. This means you will never have the cache problem you just experienced. The problem you will have is that now the old items will not display with the new form. This is solved by running a utility to change the form name of the old data items. See the following page on Outlookcode.com: http://www.outlookcode.com/d/newdefaultform.htm By the way, www.slipstick.com and www.outlookcode.com are the prime sources of independent Outlook/Exchange information. -- Hollis Paul Mukilteo, WA USA |
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