How to turn off behavior that turns past "Due By" dates red?

[Amy S]

I've created a custom solution for work that uses a custom contact and custom
task forms, and it works great - except for one thing. In order to get some
of the data to show in the "activities" window under contacts, I had to use
fields that were already part of Outlook (adding custom fields to the view
in activities doesn't seem to be possible).

So... I used the "Due By" task field to be one of the dates in the form.
Problem is, when that date is in the past, the whole item turns red, which is
a behavior of the "Due By" field. How can I turn that behavior off?

Thanks much,

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

That's controlled by the automatic formatting settings in the current view, not something you can change programmatically, except in an Outlook 2007 add-in.

 

[Amy S]

Rats! Okay... another question then. Is there in fact no way to add custom
fields to the view in the Activities tab on a contact form?

Thanks so much for your fast reply!!

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Correct.
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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54