Multiple related contacts

[Wade]

Hi,

I'm trying to create a tab where a user can relate one contact to up to ten additional contacts, including a custom drop-down for each row that describes how the two are related. I used the out-of-the-box controls for linking a contact to one other contact, and that works fine. However, once I pick that first related contact, it populates my other nine text fields with that first contact's name. Is there a way that I can make nine new unique fields based off of the Contact field and of type Recipient to allow this?

Thanks.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

No. You would have to create your own custom fields for this. You can't add new recipient-type fields.
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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Wade]

Hi,

Thanks much for the response. Is there an easy way to create a custom field that functions the same way as a recipient-type field? Thanks again.

-Wade

----- Sue Mosher [MVP] wrote: -----

No. You would have to create your own custom fields for this. You can't add new recipient-type fields.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

No.
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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Michael Tissington]

Wade,

You may want to take a look at our product http://www.tabtag.com which lets
you set up relationships between contacts - and all the information is
stored in a SQL database.

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Michael Tissington
http://www.tabtag.com
http://www.oaklodge.com

Hi,

I'm trying to create a tab where a user can relate one contact to up to

ten additional contacts, including a custom drop-down for each row that
describes how the two are related. I used the out-of-the-box controls for
linking a contact to one other contact, and that works fine. However, once
I pick that first related contact, it populates my other nine text fields
with that first contact's name. Is there a way that I can make nine new
unique fields based off of the Contact field and of type Recipient to allow
this?

 

[Evan Camilleri]

Is there a complicated way?

Evan Camilleri


No.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

Is there an easy way to create a custom field that functions the same way

as a recipient-type field?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

No.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers