I Give Up - Outlook Wins

I've tried and tried but these custom forms one uses
in Outlook is really trying my patience.
I create a custom form to be used when adding (Posting)
to my contacts data. The form for the new contact comes up fine
but after adding a new contact and then opening the contact it uses
a form that I customized and saved it earlier today as MyContacts?!
I have since made changes but saved it as NyContawcts.
The only custom form I have for the contacts is called MyContacts,
at least it's the only one I see. So the MyContacts form is being
used when adding but another form other than the default contacts
for is being used to view the contact???
Am I missing something in all this? Does anyone else have these
misfortunes? Don't tell me to buy a book, I've already done that
and please don't place a link here.

James

What do you mean by "customized and saved"? Did you publish the form? To
which forms library? Did you set a version number on the (Properties) page
of the form so you can distinguish it from previous or subsequent versions?
The version number will appear on the Help | About This Form dialog. If you
add the Message Class property to the view, which form does it show the
items as using?

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


"JamesJ" <jjy@adellphia.net> wrote in message
news:eEX5PO3kEHA.556@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> I've tried and tried but these custom forms one uses
> in Outlook is really trying my patience.
> I create a custom form to be used when adding (Posting)
> to my contacts data. The form for the new contact comes up fine
> but after adding a new contact and then opening the contact it uses
> a form that I customized and saved it earlier today as MyContacts?!
> I have since made changes but saved it as NyContawcts.
> The only custom form I have for the contacts is called MyContacts,
> at least it's the only one I see. So the MyContacts form is being
> used when adding but another form other than the default contacts
> for is being used to view the contact???
> Am I missing something in all this? Does anyone else have these
> misfortunes? Don't tell me to buy a book, I've already done that
> and please don't place a link here.
>
> James
>

I published the form twice. This form I published earlier using
the Contacts template. I deleted the custom form and started anew
and it appears to be using the same form now for new and existing
contacts.
I need to be a bit more patient.

Thanks,
James

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <suemvp@outlookcode.com> wrote in message
news:eYoYzKBlEHA.596@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> What do you mean by "customized and saved"? Did you publish the form? To
> which forms library? Did you set a version number on the (Properties) page
> of the form so you can distinguish it from previous or subsequent
> versions? The version number will appear on the Help | About This Form
> dialog. If you add the Message Class property to the view, which form does
> it show the items as using?
>
> --
> Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
> Author of
> Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
> Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
> http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx
>
>
> "JamesJ" <jjy@adellphia.net> wrote in message
> news:eEX5PO3kEHA.556@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> I've tried and tried but these custom forms one uses
>> in Outlook is really trying my patience.
>> I create a custom form to be used when adding (Posting)
>> to my contacts data. The form for the new contact comes up fine
>> but after adding a new contact and then opening the contact it uses
>> a form that I customized and saved it earlier today as MyContacts?!
>> I have since made changes but saved it as NyContawcts.
>> The only custom form I have for the contacts is called MyContacts,
>> at least it's the only one I see. So the MyContacts form is being
>> used when adding but another form other than the default contacts
>> for is being used to view the contact???
>> Am I missing something in all this? Does anyone else have these
>> misfortunes? Don't tell me to buy a book, I've already done that
>> and please don't place a link here.
>>
>> James
>>
>
>