Converting one outlook contact form to another outlook contact form

[tylerw]

I want to convert one outlook contact form to another outlook contact
form. I have read some posts that talk about using microsofts form
converion tool to do so. I have not seen however any information that
talks about someone doing this and the custom information from one form
gets transfered to the other. Specifically I have one custom field I
would like to travel to the different form. Any words of wisdom?

Thanks.

Tyler

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

It's not clear from your post exactly what you're trying to do. It could be any of the following:

1) Copy a custom field from the design of one custom form to the design of another custom form

2) Convert items using a particular custom form so that they use a different custom form

3) Create a new custom form based on an existing form

The only "information" that a custom form contains is the information about its user interface, the fields it supports, and the code behind it.

Please let us know what you're trying to accomplish.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[tylerw]

Sorry, I will try to be more clear. We have two custom forms, form A
and B. One is no longer used and we want to convert all of the contacts
using form A to form B so that every contact is using the same form.
There is a custom field in both forms that we want to make sure the
data is brought across to these contacts when they are converted from A
to B.

Thanks.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

In that case, you simply need to change the MessageClass on the existing items to point to your new form's class, e.g. IPM.Contact.FormB. See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/newdefaultform.htm#convert for several tools and scripts to accomplish this.

Make sure that the form definition for FormB includes the custom property, visible on the User-defined Fields in This Item list on the All Fields page.


--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers