Custom Appointment Form,problem with fields: Where are do they res

[JB@SBC Sacramento]

I created a custom page for the Appointment form in Calendar. I added new
fields to capture additional info. I saved the form as an .oft (Office
template) file and emailed it to a cohort. We published the form to his
calendar and made it the default form. When we tried to create a View of the
calendar that showed all of the data in a table format, only a few of the
User Defined Fields in the form were available to include in the view. Where
are all the rest of the fields hiding? Is there a way to make them all
available (resident) in the Calendar folder? Thank you kindly.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

The fields are defined only in the form and in the items created with the form. Publishing a form to a folder does *not* create any user-defined fields in the folder. You can add those manually.

 

[JB@SBC Sacramento]

Good Morning, Sue.

In the interest of your time, and mine, please answer this follow up
question and a couple more:
1. How do I, as you said, manually add the fields from my form into Kevin's
folder so he can create a calendar view that include all the fields?
2. Please tell me there's a way to do all the fields (about 60 of them) at
once.
3. Teach a man to fish! Where do you recommend I go to learn how fields get
associated with forms and folders?
Thank you (and bless you!) Sue.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

1) Right-click the column headings in the table view, choose Field Chooser, click Add.

3) See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/fields.htm

2) Write code using the UserProperties.Add method. There's a link to that page to sample code.
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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers