Outlook 2007. I want to add two fields to the defaul contact manager to
help me manage my Christmas Card List. Note: I do NOT want to use the
Business Contact Manager. I just want to add two boolean fields indicating
whether or not I sent or received a 2009 Christmas card. Thanks


Larry
rapp at lmr dot com

An easy way to do that is in any table view, by using the Fields dialog from
the view settings to add a new field. You can then change the value right
from the view.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54


"Larry" wrote in message
m...
Outlook 2007. I want to add two fields to the defaul contact manager to
help me manage my Christmas Card List. Note: I do NOT want to use the
Business Contact Manager. I just want to add two boolean fields
indicating
whether or not I sent or received a 2009 Christmas card. Thanks


Larry
rapp at lmr dot com

Well, actually I have already added the two boolean fields to the database.
Now I want to display and set them somewhere on the default Contact form. I
think there is room at the bottom, but I can easily remove the IM address
field as I never use that. How do I modify that form? I've read your
article at http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?ID=39, but that refers to
Outlook 2000 and I have Outlook 2007. I'm ok with modifying the registry,
but do you use the same tool? .

The form I'm talking about is the one presented when you double-click a
name.

Larry
rapp at lmr dot com

You're putting the cart before the horse if you're reading that article. You
must design the form first. See
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?ID=35 and
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=21.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54


"Larry" wrote in message
m...
Well, actually I have already added the two boolean fields to the
database.
Now I want to display and set them somewhere on the default Contact form.
I
think there is room at the bottom, but I can easily remove the IM address
field as I never use that. How do I modify that form? I've read your
article at http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?ID=39, but that refers
to
Outlook 2000 and I have Outlook 2007. I'm ok with modifying the registry,
but do you use the same tool? .

The form I'm talking about is the one presented when you double-click a
name.

Larry
rapp at lmr dot com

Well, I ordered your book from Amazon. I created a form using Outlook Forms
tool. I added the two fields that I wanted, but I'd like to add
"Categorize" and remove the unused tabs at the top.

Larry
rapp at lmr dot com

Looks like the form got saved when I "Publish as". The extra tabs do not
show up. Boy is this unintuitive. So, I guess all I need to know is how to
make the form become the default form for Contacts.
--

Larry
rapp at lmr dot com

Well, I did that, too. Apparently the secret (to making the form work for
all the previously stored contacts) is to use a free tool called "Document
Message Class" available at
"http://www.plustech.co.uk/Products/docmsgclass.html". (without the
quotes).
--

Larry
rapp at lmr dot com

Did that as well. Also used Document Message Class which allowed form to be
used to display all existing contacts in new form.
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Larry
rapp at lmr dot com