Distribution Lists with Customised Form

[Col047]

I have created a Public Folder with a Contacts customised form. I now find I
am unable to create distribution lists for this folder. "The item could not
be saved to this folder. The folder has been deleted or moved, or you do not
have permission. Do you want to save a copy of it in the default folder for
this item?". The permissions are correct and the folder has not been moved
or deleted. I note that when trying to create a distribution list it uses
the default contacts form rather than the new customised form. I have run
omsgclas.doc to convert existing items to the new form successfully. I would
appreciate any help please.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Did you modify the folder settings to allow only your custom contact form to be used in that folder?

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

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

 

[Col047]

Yes Sue I did. Only the custom form can be used for that folder.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Then that's the problem. By doing that, you also told Outlook not to allow distribution lists in that folder.

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

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

 

[Col047]

Thanks Sue. Ok, so how do I fix it? Our Company has to use the customised
form. Do I change the Properties for the folder to "Forms listed above and
the standard forms" or "Any form". How do I make sure they only use the
customised form when creating an new item? I appreciate your help so much.

 

[Col047]

I just changed the Properties to "Any form", created a new distribution list
and it works! I can now also copy existing distribution lists from another
public folder to our new folder. When a User enters a new item, the
customised form is displaying. Thank you so very much Sue. It has been
worrying me for a week!

 

[Col047]

Sue, another quick question. I have created specific Categories for this
Corporate folder but when another User goes to assign one of our specific
categories, they are not in their Category list?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

I can't imagine how you created categories for the folder, since categories are not folder-specific. Each user has their own Master Category List, which is a convenience to the user only. It has nothing to do with whether a particular category exists on Outlook items. See http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/olcat.htm

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

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

 

[Col047]

Yes I realise that Sue, thanks. I have solved the problem by creating a new
field with a drop list.
Again, many thanks for your help