Contact - Custom Form

[Guest]

We would like to have one contact form per company we do business with and
have basic employee contact information like name and job title live inside
that contact form.

I assume since Outlook\Exchange is based on “one contact per person†that
this will require a custom folder view and a custom contact form. And I bet
there is more than one solution.

Suggestions?

TIA, Keith Russo

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Can you flesh out what you're trying to do in a little more detail?

 

[Guest]

Hi Sue!

Similar to Outlook 2003 with Business Contact Manager. One contact for the
whole company with fields for employee contacts. Does this help?

Thanks!
Keith Russo

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

No, that doesn't help much. My experience is that every organization conceives of its contact tracking differently and has a different appetite and skill level for Outlook programming. Based on the information you've provided so far, all I can say is that:

-- Outlook allows you to create custom contact forms.
-- Outlook allows you to create links to contacts using the Contacts box at the bottom of most default forms (or the Links collection if you're creating the link in code). Those linked items will appear on the Activities page for the linked contact.
-- Creating other linking mechanisms with custom code and the Outlook View Control is also possible
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers