Re: external database

Yes, this can be done, but you have to write all the code to read from and write to the database, unless you use something like SQLView. See http://www.slipstick.com/dev/database.htm
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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
http://www.slipstick.com/books/jumpstart.htm


"Lesley" <lab@soton.ac.uk> wrote in message news:985601c34624$df247020$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi
>
> Is anyone able to advise please, if it is possible to
> design an Outlook form which accesses information from an
> external database at the time of opening a new, blank
> form?
>
> And can be triggered to write to a database when the user
> submits the form?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Lesley