New to forms custioms

[Brian Shafer]

Hello,
I am new at doing this, use to have an access database that did this for me.
But I have several problems so far. I modified the contacts form, renamed
p2 to special dates. Added Spouse, SpouseDOB, Child1, Child1DOB, Age.
Ok, the first question is:
1) How do I make the background look like the other tabs?
2) How can I make all contacts contain this new tab, looks like only the one
I was testing on is showing it?
3) Can I add VB or VBA code to automatically calculate the Age from the DOB?
Thanks,
Brian Shafer

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

1) What exactly do you have in mind? All pages start out the same boring
gray.

2) Publish the form, then make it the default in the contacts folder and
convert existing items to use the published form's MessageClass. See
http://www.outlookcode.com/d/newdefaultform.htm

3) Outlook forms use VBScript. There's an View Code button on the form
design toolbar. Alternatively, see
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/calcage.htm for a formula to calculate
ages.

 

[Carol Geddes]

Brian, I can relate.
I too have worked a lot in Access and have to do a few items in Outlook.
You must publish the form, otherwise it is one of a kind. The data is stored
with the form in Outlook, not like Access tables. Then I heard that there is
some code to change existing contacts to be stored with the new form.
Otherwise only the new contacts will use it. Going through the same thing.
Carol