creating, importing and displaying custom fields

[Seymour]

In Business contact manager, how do I create a custom ( user defined) field
and more importantly how do I import data into that field.
I have created custome fields but they do not show up on the import list for
mapping???

Also, can I modify the form to include the new fields?? suggestions?

help

 

[Luther]

BCM v3 (to be released with Office 2007) allows you to add custom
fields to forms. Earlier versions do not.

 

[christineJ]

you cant import data into BCM user defined fields. text within user
defined fields is stored es hexadecimal (or so..) code in the database.
for boolean filds, you can write a SQL view (001 is true or 000 is
false, you have to check your options) to access it via ODBC from word
or excel for selecting criterias.
access text or picklist values from other programs is not possible as I
know (problem: for mail merge purposes...)

 

[Seymour]

Thanks..

Looks like I have to wait until office 2007, or download the beta.
Hopefully micorsoft has built in some flexible features...