Binding an Outlook Form to a Recordsource

[HK]

Is it possible, in outlook, to have a "table" and bind the form to a
Recordset and the Fields to a Record Source? Would this use DAO or
ADO?

I'm familiar with programming in MS Access so my mind relates this to
Access.

I'm trying to simplify making changes to existing Outlook
Appointments.


Note: I posted over in microsoft.public.office.developer.outlook.vba
but I thought I'd post here as well.

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

Where would this table exist? Outlook doesn't have tables you can set up,
although it's own database (PST file or Exchange mailbox) is a modified Jet
database. What sort of form do you want to bind your table to?

An Outlook form can display information from a database such as Access but
only by interfacing with the database using code every time the form is
opened and displaying the data in something like a grid control. But there's
nothing native for that. How you'd connect to a database such as Access is
up to you, ADO or DAO work equally well.

You can sort of do a binding of Outlook items to Access, but it's limited to
only certain fields.

Please explain better what you want to do and where. And please don't
multipost. People will just ignore your posts.

 

[HK]

Sorry about the multiposting.

You answered my question. I would like to "bind" the Outlook form to
an Outlook "table" but i see that it won't be possible. It just didn't
make sense to me why the properties existed if they cannot be used in
outlook but it does make sense if you can bind your form to an ADO or
DAO recordset that's bound to an Access database.