Custom Appointments Form

[Tony Starr]

Hi All,

I have create a new calendar folder that I want to use to keep track of the
projects that I work on during the day. I would like to create a custom form
that would allow me to record the following information:

Project Name
Task
Start Date
Start Time
End Date
End Time
Duration
Chargeable?

I initially thought that I could copy and modify the existing Appointments
form but from everything I have read on the web this is not possible to
copy the fields on this form. I am an experienced Access and Excel
programmer but have no idea about Outlook. I am sure that someone has done
something like this before so rather than reinventing the wheel I was hoping
someone could point me in the right direction as to where to find something
that might meet my needs or give me some pointers as to how to complete this
task.

Ideally the Start Date & Time and End Date & Time would be dropdown boxes
that work in the same manner as those on the Appointment form. It would be
nice but not necessary if the Project Name could be a dropdown box that
could show a list of previously used Project Names but still allow new ones
to be added. The Task field could be a simple text box but it would be
better if it was a drop down box showing a list of tasks already used that
relate to the selected project.

If anyone could point me in the direction of some sample to look at or give
me a few pointers as to how to achieve this I would be very appreciative. I
am using Outlook xp but can upgrade to 2003 if that makes any difference.

Many thanks
Tony Starr

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Outlook itself does not include any date picker control (which, by the way,
is one reason why the first page of the appointment, journal, and task forms
is not editable). See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/datepick.htm for controls
you can add.

You probably can live without it if you take full advantage of the
"intellidate" functionality available on date fields. You can also leave the
main page as-is and just add your custom fields like the project drop-down
to a custom page.

See http://www.outlookcode.com/codedetail.aspx?id=461 for sample code to
save a new value from a combo box list to a local file on the user's system
and reload the values into the combo box when the form opens.

 

[Tony Starr]

Hi Sue,

Thank you for you reply. I was hoping to be able to put it all on one form
to make it quick and easy to use. I think I might start from scratch and do
build an app in vb that will do everything I want rather than something half
baked in outlook.

So close but yet so far.

Thanks again.
Tony