Converting existing contacts to a new form in OL 2002.

[Jim Hayes]

I have read all the messages here but I still cannot
figure this out. I am not a programmer so I will need
some step by step instruction. I have created a new form
called SAG and it was saved in the Outlook Forms section
in the Choose Form menu. It shows up as IPM.Contact.Sag as
its Message Class. I set it as my new contact default. I
want to convert my existing contacts to this form and most
of what I have read says I have to change this in VB and
not in Outlook to change the Message Class and have all my
contacts default to this form. Being that I am a
competent novice, step by step how do I do this starting
with how do I access VB?

Thanks Jim Hayes

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

See http://www.slipstick.com/dev/newdefaultform.htm#convert

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[Jim Hayes]

Thanks Ken. I ran this utility and it worked like magic.
It did create one additional problem however. At one time
I made the mistake of running an outlook small business
utility which I since deinstalled. It created some of my
contacts with a "financial information" tab that I had not
been able to get rid of. This new conversion has
eliminated that tab but when I try to open one of those
contacts I now get a script error that I must ok before it
will open the contact. It reads "Script Error" "Object
Required 'page SBE' Line no 11" Once I get rid of this my
system will be perfect. How do I do this?

Thanks Jim Hayes

-----Original Message-----
See http://www.slipstick.com/dev/newdefaultform.htm#convert

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Lead Author, Professional Outlook 2000 Programming, Wrox Press
Lead Author, Beginning VB 6 Application Development, Wrox Press
Attachment Options
http://www.slovaktech.com/attachmentoptions.htm
Extended Reminders
http://www.slovaktech.com/extendedreminders.htm

I have read all the messages here but I still cannot
figure this out. I am not a programmer so I will need
some step by step instruction. I have created a new form
called SAG and it was saved in the Outlook Forms section
in the Choose Form menu. It shows up as IPM.Contact.Sag as
its Message Class. I set it as my new contact default. I
want to convert my existing contacts to this form and most
of what I have read says I have to change this in VB and
not in Outlook to change the Message Class and have all my
contacts default to this form. Being that I am a
competent novice, step by step how do I do this starting
with how do I access VB?

Thanks Jim Hayes

.

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

If you don't have too many of them you can remove the code manually.
Hold down the Shift key when you open the item which prevents the code
in the item from running. Select Tools, Form, Design This Form in the
item's menu. When the form is in design mode select Form, View Code.
When the code window is open delete all the code there. Close the code
window, then close the item and save the changes.

If you have a lot of those items you would need to run some CDO code
that uses undocumented property tags to remove the code. CDO is an
optional installation in Outlook 2002 so it might not be installed.
Also, it will fire the security prompts when you access the contacts
folder. Let me know if you need to have a code sample and I can work
one up when I get a chance.

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Lead Author, Professional Outlook 2000 Programming, Wrox Press
Lead Author, Beginning VB 6 Application Development, Wrox Press
Attachment Options
http://www.slovaktech.com/attachmentoptions.htm
Extended Reminders
http://www.slovaktech.com/extendedreminders.htm

 

[Jim Hayes]

Thanks Ken. It worked like a charm.

Jim H

-----Original Message-----
If you don't have too many of them you can remove the code manually.
Hold down the Shift key when you open the item which prevents the code
in the item from running. Select Tools, Form, Design This Form in the
item's menu. When the form is in design mode select Form, View Code.
When the code window is open delete all the code there. Close the code
window, then close the item and save the changes.

If you have a lot of those items you would need to run some CDO code
that uses undocumented property tags to remove the code. CDO is an
optional installation in Outlook 2002 so it might not be installed.
Also, it will fire the security prompts when you access the contacts
folder. Let me know if you need to have a code sample and I can work
one up when I get a chance.

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Lead Author, Professional Outlook 2000 Programming, Wrox Press
Lead Author, Beginning VB 6 Application Development, Wrox Press
Attachment Options
http://www.slovaktech.com/attachmentoptions.htm
Extended Reminders
http://www.slovaktech.com/extendedreminders.htm

Thanks Ken. I ran this utility and it worked like magic.
It did create one additional problem however. At one time
I made the mistake of running an outlook small business
utility which I since deinstalled. It created some of my
contacts with a "financial information" tab that I had not
been able to get rid of. This new conversion has
eliminated that tab but when I try to open one of those
contacts I now get a script error that I must ok before it
will open the contact. It reads "Script Error" "Object
Required 'page SBE' Line no 11" Once I get rid of this my
system will be perfect. How do I do this?

Thanks Jim Hayes

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