How do I access user-defined fields in one-off'd contact items?

[Roman Spanner]

I've tried using the following two methods;

I've tried using the following two bits of code, but they don't work;

varValue = cdoMessage.Fields(strField).Value ' using CDO

and

varValue = outContactItem.UserProperties(strField).Value ' using the
Outlook object model

Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong? Is there another method/property I
should be using?

Should I be able to extract the values from user-defined fields in a
one-offed item?

Many thanks in advance,

Philip Street

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

varValue = outContactItem.UserProperties(strField) should work fine. If it
doesn't, display the item in form design view and take a look at the All
Fields tab to see if that field (check for typos!!!) actually exists in the
item. If it has never held data, it may not.

 

[Philip Street]

Sue,

I've now displayed the All Fields tab on my custom form and have found the
following.

I've opened one of the items and found that some of my user-defined fields
are displayed in the "user-defined fields in item". One of those fields
("Contract Value") has a value ("£12,000.00"), in this view, but when I
display the "user-defined fields in folder" view, the same field is listed
but without a value. Do you know the cause of this behaviour, and how it
might be fixed?

You recall that I mentioned before that some of the items an a Post icon
next to them rather than a Contact icon, in the Phone List view. Well, I've
just created a new contact and this also has a Post icon. This appears to
happen for all new contacts created with the form. Any ideas about this as
well?

As ever, you assistance is much appreciated. I didn't realise custom Outlook
solutions could be so tortuous!

Cheers,

Phil

p.s. I've ran the "clean one-off items" code you've suggested against all
the contacts, but am not sure whether it worked or not - how do I check?