How do I access user-defined fields in one-off'd contact items?

I've tried using the following two methods;

I've tried using the following two bits of code, but they don't work;

varValue = cdoMessage.Fields(strField).Value ' using CDO

and

varValue = outContactItem.UserProperties(strField).Value ' using the
Outlook object model

Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong? Is there another method/property I
should be using?

Should I be able to extract the values from user-defined fields in a
one-offed item?

Many thanks in advance,

Philip Street

varValue = outContactItem.UserProperties(strField) should work fine. If it
doesn't, display the item in form design view and take a look at the All
Fields tab to see if that field (check for typos!!!) actually exists in the
item. If it has never held data, it may not.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"Roman Spanner" <philip.street@nospam.virgin.net> wrote in message
news:E9MWc.37$k4.31@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net...
> I've tried using the following two methods;
>
> I've tried using the following two bits of code, but they don't work;
>
> varValue = cdoMessage.Fields(strField).Value ' using CDO
>
> and
>
> varValue = outContactItem.UserProperties(strField).Value ' using the
> Outlook object model
>
> Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong? Is there another method/property I
> should be using?
>
> Should I be able to extract the values from user-defined fields in a
> one-offed item?
>
> Many thanks in advance,
>
> Philip Street
>
>

Sue,

I've now displayed the All Fields tab on my custom form and have found the
following.

I've opened one of the items and found that some of my user-defined fields
are displayed in the "user-defined fields in item". One of those fields
("Contract Value") has a value ("£12,000.00"), in this view, but when I
display the "user-defined fields in folder" view, the same field is listed
but without a value. Do you know the cause of this behaviour, and how it
might be fixed?

You recall that I mentioned before that some of the items an a Post icon
next to them rather than a Contact icon, in the Phone List view. Well, I've
just created a new contact and this also has a Post icon. This appears to
happen for all new contacts created with the form. Any ideas about this as
well?

As ever, you assistance is much appreciated. I didn't realise custom Outlook
solutions could be so tortuous!

Cheers,

Phil

p.s. I've ran the "clean one-off items" code you've suggested against all
the contacts, but am not sure whether it worked or not - how do I check?

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <suemvp@outlookcode.com> wrote in message
news:uLgBqjhiEHA.1040@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> varValue = outContactItem.UserProperties(strField) should work fine. If it
> doesn't, display the item in form design view and take a look at the All
> Fields tab to see if that field (check for typos!!!) actually exists in
the
> item. If it has never held data, it may not.
>
> --
> Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
> Author of
> Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
> Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
> http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx
>
>
> "Roman Spanner" <philip.street@nospam.virgin.net> wrote in message
> news:E9MWc.37$k4.31@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net...
> > I've tried using the following two methods;
> >
> > I've tried using the following two bits of code, but they don't work;
> >
> > varValue = cdoMessage.Fields(strField).Value ' using CDO
> >
> > and
> >
> > varValue = outContactItem.UserProperties(strField).Value ' using the
> > Outlook object model
> >
> > Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong? Is there another method/property
I
> > should be using?
> >
> > Should I be able to extract the values from user-defined fields in a
> > one-offed item?
> >
> > Many thanks in advance,
> >
> > Philip Street
> >
> >
>
>