Not present where?

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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


"Cornfuzzled" wrote in message ...
I'm designing a custom form using the mail template. I add some fields such
as yes/no and date. After publisiung the form and using it to send a
message, the data that was put into the custom fields is not present. How do
I get these fields to retain the data that is put into them before sending
the message? The ultimate goal is to link all of these custom messages in a
single folder and link into an access table.

Hi Sue,
Since posting that, I've since learned that the fields that I added to the
form need to also be added to the folder. I did that, then the data had a
place to reside and it was visible while looking at the messages in that
folder. Then I linked and mapped a MS Access table to that folder. It was
then I learned that only the default outlook fields would be mapped and
brought over to Access. I have found some VB code that people claim works to
map custom fields and their data over to Access, but I have had no luck
making them work.
Can you suggest any other solution? Getting this solution would allow me to
streamline about 5 processes.

Thanks
Chip

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Not present where?

--
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


"Cornfuzzled" wrote in message ...
I'm designing a custom form using the mail template. I add some fields such
as yes/no and date. After publisiung the form and using it to send a
message, the data that was put into the custom fields is not present. How do
I get these fields to retain the data that is put into them before sending
the message? The ultimate goal is to link all of these custom messages in a
single folder and link into an access table.

While articles have been written on how to expand on the database link table method's obvious features, I've never been able to duplicate the results either. See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/database.htm#linkedtables .

That page will also give you other ideas on how to work with databases and Outlook together. You'll need to write code or use a third-party tool that does the heavy lifting.

--
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


"Cornfuzzled" wrote in message ...
Hi Sue,
Since posting that, I've since learned that the fields that I added to the
form need to also be added to the folder. I did that, then the data had a
place to reside and it was visible while looking at the messages in that
folder. Then I linked and mapped a MS Access table to that folder. It was
then I learned that only the default outlook fields would be mapped and
brought over to Access. I have found some VB code that people claim works to
map custom fields and their data over to Access, but I have had no luck
making them work.
Can you suggest any other solution? Getting this solution would allow me to
streamline about 5 processes.

Thanks
Chip

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Not present where?


"Cornfuzzled" wrote in message ...
I'm designing a custom form using the mail template. I add some fields such
as yes/no and date. After publisiung the form and using it to send a
message, the data that was put into the custom fields is not present. How do
I get these fields to retain the data that is put into them before sending
the message? The ultimate goal is to link all of these custom messages in a
single folder and link into an access table.