Can't modify a Meeting in BCM?

[George]

I'm using Outlook2003w/BCM. In Business Contacts, under the "Business
Contact History", I noticed that I can't modify a Meeting. I assume this
applies only to "past" meetings, not future ones.

For Notes and Phone Calls, I can modify any text (but not
time/date...another issue)

For Meetings, though I can't modify anything--either the one-line subject
text (like "Breakfast w/Bill and Jane), or the details text if you double
click (like "Ask Bill about the university contract")

Is there a workaround for this? Other than deleting it and re-entering it?
Any ideas? Is this fixed/allowed in the beta for next release?

Thanks

 

[Luther]

There's a few things worth noting here.

For future Appts/Meetings, BCM "points' to the Outlook appt/meeting.
Once the appt has elapsed, BCM is only using the data in its database
and no longer refers to the Outlook appt.

If you poke around the Outlook Object Model, you'll discover that
several fields are read-only, including creation and modification
datetimes. I expect that in this case BCM reflects the underlying
Outlook model.

I wouldn't expect BCM to change in these areas unless Outlook changes
their Object Model.

All BCM data is stored in a database. As far as I can tell, you can
change anything you want in the database, but I would advise you to not
change any field you don't understand...Even something as innocent as
changing a datetime may, for example, break some reports. Back up your
database first!

Microsoft only supports the BCM through the UI, but if you are inclined
to roll up your sleeves and dig in, there's quite a lot you can
learn--there are web sites with tips for customizing BCM. In several
ways BCM is a shared source application. Much of the functionality is
in the database stored procedures, and the most of the rest is in .NET
assemblies which can be reverse engineered using assorted tools. But
again, caveat, Microsoft won't support using their applications beyond
the officially documented interfaces.