Contact forms, problem with adjusting the standard

[Guest]

I'm a beginner with form so probably this is a simple question.

I tried to adjust the standard contacts form. That worked, but why can't I
adjust the sheet "details"?

Besides that I put some self defined fields on the main sheet. When I use
the form I can fill them in. After saving those fields (yes/no) are not
visible anymore, other (text)fields are.

Thanks a lot,

Boris

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

The Details tab cannot be customized. You would have to hide it and
re-create any controls from it that you wanted to use on a custom tab.

Are your yes/no (Boolean) fields bound to user properties? They would
not retain information unless they were. See
http://www.slipstick.com/dev/forms.htm for lots of forms development
information.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the tip.

About the boolean field I stil don't get it. When I open the contact, the
field are not visible. But on the sheet "all field" the are visible in the
list, and the are filled in!

Boris

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

That usually means you have a user property but no control to display
the property. Do you have a checkbox on the form for the user
property?

 

[Guest]

Sorry, but I don't understand what you mean user properties.
I have another selfmade form, the checkboxes work.
I copied them to the modified standard contactsform.
In an new contact you can see and fill in the checkbox, and save it.
After reopening they are not visible.

Boris

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

A user property is one you create, it shows up in the
Item.UserProperties collection and in a form it's shown as a field in
the item or in the folder or in both on the All Fields tab. A control
like a checkbox can be used to enter data (True/False in this case)
but to retain the value the control must be bound to a user property.
You do that on the Value tab of the control in the Property sheet for
that control.

See http://www.slipstick.com/dev/forms.htm for lots of forms design
information.

 

[Guest]

Finally I found it!

Everything was right, but they were still invisible.
I found that I had clicked on the "seperate reading format". This is
probably not
the right word, but I don't have an English version of Outlook. During
designing
a form: "forms"an then the third choice from above.
I had some fields only visible for writing the record, not for reading.

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

The separate read and compose pages are problems in custom forms if
you don't account for which controls are available in either or both
pages.

Finally I found it!

Everything was right, but they were still invisible.
I found that I had clicked on the "seperate reading format". This is
probably not
the right word, but I don't have an English version of Outlook. During
designing
a form: "forms"an then the third choice from above.
I had some fields only visible for writing the record, not for

reading.