Importing into a custom form?

[VCassady]

I have a custom contact form that I've created for use
with one folder. (It's mainly a simple re-design of the
standard contact form). I've got it so that when entering
a new contact in that folder, the custom form opens, but
when I'm trying to import a large mailing list from excel
(originally exported from Outlook from the original
contact form) the individual contacts open with the
original form, not the custom. Is there a way to copy or
import the original list over to the custom form (same
basic fields)...I really don't want to have to re-enter
2000 names! Thanks in advance!

 

[Hollis D. Paul]

Is there a way to copy or
import the original list over to the custom form (same
basic fields)...I really don't want to have to re-enter
2000 names! Thanks in advance!

You have to write code to create the contacts using the new custom form
from the Excel list. This is really only necessary if you have User
Defined Fields (UDFs) that you want to fill at the same time. If you
have no UDFs, then import them as you are, and run one of the utilities
that bulk changes the MessageClass field so that the contacts with
MessageClass = Value1 are set to MessageClass = Value2. Your contact
items will then display with the form named in Value2.

One such utility can be found in the Office resource kit--don't know
the exact name. Another source is
http://www.outlookexchange.com/Articles/home/outlookcodeexample.asp
Code Example# 22 or 23. I believe.

Hollis D. Paul [MVP - Outlook]
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