Outlook Contact Forms

[J A Page]

From the days of Outlook 97 I have been using my own contact form MyContacts
which was identical to Contacts form except that I had made it to
"Automatically record journal entries for this contact" by clicking the
Journal tab and clicking the appropriate box.

I am now using Outlook 2003 and seem to have lost this form. I have tried
re-designing the form again as MyContacts, which has become the default
entry form, but cannot find anywhere to make "Automatically record journal
entries for this contact" happen.

Where has it gone??

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

If you explained how you upgraded to Outlook 2003, we might be able to figure out how you "lost" this form.

 

[J A Page]

All was Fine until I had to re-install XP, and, therefore, all my programs.
Restoring data from backups was fine except that I lost all my personalised
forms. I have been able to re-create all except this one.

If you explained how you upgraded to Outlook 2003, we might be able to
figure out how you "lost" this form.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Again, we need details if you're going to be able to recover the form. Exactly what did you restore from backup? Did you create a new mail profile or were you able to use one from the backup?

If you can't recover it, try this: Add a checkbox to the form page. Bring up the Properties dialog for the control, switch to the Value tab, and choose Journal as the field bound to that control.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[J A Page]

That I cannot answer - I simply imported the backed up pst file after
re-installing Office 2003.

I have re-designigned the MyContacts form with Journal "Yes/No" defaulting
to "Yes". This seems fine when I enter a new contact.

Many thanks - my problem has I think been that the method of achieving this
has changed since Outlook 97, or else I have forgotten exactly how I managed
it then.

Again, we need details if you're going to be able to recover the form.
Exactly what did you restore from backup? Did you create a new mail profile
or were you able to use one from the backup?

If you can't recover it, try this: Add a checkbox to the form page. Bring up
the Properties dialog for the control, switch to the Value tab, and choose
Journal as the field bound to that control.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

That's the problem, then. You imported the backed up .pst file instead of simply opening it in Outlook and making it your default informaiton store. Importing is a sure way to lose custom views and links to contacts, as well as custom forms.

Since you've created a new form, you need to publish it with the same Message Class property as the old one.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers