add individual items into Outlook

[Lucia]

Hi, everybody,

Is it possible to add a user-specified item into Outlook? Similiar to
notice or job, I'd like to add one new item "project". It should have
own properties and can be created like others e.g. through "New->
Projekt".

I'd appreciated it if you give me some idea how to realize this.

regards

Lucia

 

[Hollis Paul [MVP - Outlook]]

Is it possible to add a user-specified item into Outlook? Similiar to
notice or job, I'd like to add one new item "project". It should have
own properties and can be created like others e.g. through "New->
Projekt".

I'd appreciated it if you give me some idea how to realize this.

Well, you could use the design capability of Outlook and customize a
contact form to your needs, then publish it to the Organizational Forms
Library, if you have an Organizational Forms Library, which depends
upon your having an Exchange Server and an Exchange Administrator in
your organization.

While that may be possible, if you have reasonable development skills,
it still involves a lot of discovery about how things work, and may
prove unsatisfory to you in the long run. And it certainly entails a
lot of duplication. You could just go with MS Project, which provides
a whole lot more functionality, out of the box, than you could put into
a custom Outlook form.

You should also look for a project form add-in on www.slipstick.com.
There are hundreds of utilities and add-ins that customize the
capabilities of Outlook and Exchange, if you have Exchange.