Can I put pictures and images into a BCM contact record?

[Guest]

The BCM contact record is missing the place holder for the picture like the
Outlook contact record has, and when I try to add an image into the notes
section, I get an error message. Is there any way to include images int the
BCM contact record?

 

[Bob Cooley [MSFT]]

Hi Wayne,

The picture attachment is not available in the business contact form. You
can, however, attach a picture file (.jpg/.gif/.bmp/etc.) by clicking on the
Add button, then clicking File. You can then browse to the file and attach
it to the business contact form.

Hope this helps!
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Regards,

Bob Cooley, [MSFT]


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[Guest]

You can add link to any file to a business contact by adding a file to the
History Grid. The steps are as below:
1. Open the Busniess contact.
2. Click on the "ADD" button and select "File" from the Dropdown.
3. Browse to your image file and select it.

 

[Guest]

This is a workaround, but it does not address my real question. I would like
to open the business contact record, and see the im ages there just like I do
in the Outlook contact record. How do I get that capability into Business
Contact Manager?

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

You can't. "The picture attachment is not available in the business contact
form." This means the picture control on Ol2003 contact forms is not
available and OLE embedding of images is not available.

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[Guest]

I understand the form issue, but it does not make sense that BCM using the OL
form in the reading pan, which has an image place holder (the reading has the
OL2003 contact form). By changing over to BCM, I lost all of my attachement
information in addition to images.

You can't. "The picture attachment is not available in the business contact
form." This means the picture control on Ol2003 contact forms is not
available and OLE embedding of images is not available.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



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This is a workaround, but it does not address my real question. I would
like
to open the business contact record, and see the im ages there just like I
do
in the Outlook contact record. How do I get that capability into Business
Contact Manager?

 

[Guest]

You may know already that new BCM for Outlook 2007 has placeholders for
pictures.