search custom fields

[student of science]

Hi,

I've been customizing the "journal" item by adding custom fields from
within the "design this form" in Outlook. When I enter the value for these
fields and save the item , I am unable to search for those values using the
Outlook search feature. Can anyone help and tell me what I'm doing wrong.
BTW I am also using MSN toolbar to search my desktop but it too cannot find
those fields. Do I need to enable some feature within Outlook?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

The fields need to be defined in the folder, not just the form. See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/fields.htm for best practices.

I have no idea whether MSN Desktop Search can search custom fields at all.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[student of science]

Thanks for the assistance. Yes, the fields were defined in the folder before
creating the form. Outlook search will only work with these fields if I use
the Advance Search options and select the specific custom field and the
value. This to me is very tedious if I have to do rutine searches. MSN
desktop search is unable to index these custome fields because of this. It
will, however, index the standard Outlook fields.