Create a new field in the appointment form

[Davd Hall]

I would like to create at least one new field in the standard Outlook
appointment form. Specifically, a field for the internal phone extension of
the appointment originator.

Ideally, and presumably more complex to program, I would like the name and
internal phone extension of the appointment originator to be populated from
the address book automatically, but an input field or two, will suffice.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Display a custom page in form design, then use the Field Chooser to create the new field and drag it to that page.

The originator's name is available from Application.Session.CurrentUser.Name.

Getting the internal phone extension of the originator can be done with Outlook 2007's PropertyAccessor object. For earlier versions, you'd need to use CDO 1.21 or, to avoid security prompts, Outlook Redemption (http://www.dimastr.com) and will need to look up the property tag or DASL schema name of the field using a tool Outlook Spy or MFCMAPI.exe.