Create new Field Chooser entry in Outlook 2007

[Beach Lover]

We monitor an e-mail account and have added the Field Chooser "Categories" so
we can indicate which Help Desk person is taking care of a particular e-mail
message. For training purposes, we would like to add another Field Chooser
option that contains names of technicians so that someone can review the
e-mail messages and then choose the technician that the call should be
assigned to. Is there a way to do this? Ideally, we'd like it to look like
this

From Subject Received Assign To
Category

Who from Sub. of e-mail Date Rec'd Tech. Name Who's
assigning

I have created a new Field Chooser option but don't see anyway to add names
to it like you do in Categories.

Thanks for any assistance!

 

[Beach Lover]

The spacing in my original entry is not displaying so that it makes sense.
Basically, we would like to add a new Field Chooser option "Assign To" where
we can pick a name of a person (like Category....pick a color that has a name
associated to it).

Thanks!

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

You'd need to create a selection box with the names listed, or just a text
box and the user can type in a name.

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[Beach Lover]

Would you be able to provide instructions for doing this? When I go to Field
Chooser and add a New Field, my options are this:

Name: I type in "Assign To"
Type: I chose "Text" (Looked at other options but nothing looks like it
will work for adding names.)
Format: "Text" is listed and I can't change it

You'd need to create a selection box with the names listed, or just a text
box and the user can type in a name.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]

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We monitor an e-mail account and have added the Field Chooser "Categories"
so
we can indicate which Help Desk person is taking care of a particular
e-mail
message. For training purposes, we would like to add another Field
Chooser
option that contains names of technicians so that someone can review the
e-mail messages and then choose the technician that the call should be
assigned to. Is there a way to do this? Ideally, we'd like it to look
like
this

From Subject Received Assign To
Category

Who from Sub. of e-mail Date Rec'd Tech. Name Who's
assigning

I have created a new Field Chooser option but don't see anyway to add
names
to it like you do in Categories.

Thanks for any assistance!

.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

You can read about list and combo boxes for custom forms at
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?ID=32
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54

Would you be able to provide instructions for doing this? When I go to Field
Chooser and add a New Field, my options are this:

Name: I type in "Assign To"
Type: I chose "Text" (Looked at other options but nothing looks like it
will work for adding names.)
Format: "Text" is listed and I can't change it

You'd need to create a selection box with the names listed, or just a text
box and the user can type in a name.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]

Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/

Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

Do you sync your mailbox with a smartphone or pda?
http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=39473

We monitor an e-mail account and have added the Field Chooser "Categories"
so
we can indicate which Help Desk person is taking care of a particular
e-mail
message. For training purposes, we would like to add another Field
Chooser
option that contains names of technicians so that someone can review the
e-mail messages and then choose the technician that the call should be
assigned to. Is there a way to do this? Ideally, we'd like it to look
like
this

From Subject Received Assign To
Category

Who from Sub. of e-mail Date Rec'd Tech. Name Who's
assigning

I have created a new Field Chooser option but don't see anyway to add
names
to it like you do in Categories.

Thanks for any assistance!

.