Designing Forms

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I am trying to design an Appointment form so that when I pull up a new appointment form, it will automatically have the tabs on it for the info I want to attach to it. Maybe I'm going about it in the wrong way, but here's what I want to do: When I have an appointment with a client or spend time working on something for a client, I put it in my calendar, but I want to be able to track the billing info, time, etc. which is a Task function (I think) without putting it also in the task column. I want it on the calendar so I can see at a glance where I spent my time as well as be able to track the billing info there for the end of the month. When I exported the calendar to an Excel spreadsheet, the columns for the info I want to put into it were there, but I don't know how to get the data into each appointment so it carries over into an exported file. Is there a book that explains in detail how to do these kinds of things? I printed a ton of help files but they aren't working for me. Please EM me because I don't get much chance to get back to these message boards.

 

[Nikki Peterson [MVP - Outlook]]

Always a good place to start is Slipstick site:

Designing Microsoft Outlook Forms
http://www.slipstick.com/dev/forms.htm

OL2002: How to Populate a List Box or Combo Box
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290819

Outlook Developer Bookstore:
http://www.slipstick.com/books/user.htm#inside2003

This may be a little out of scope for this group.
You may want to post this to:

microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms
microsoft.public.office.developer.outlook.forms
microsoft.public.outlook.program_vba

My personal favorite:
Outlook Developers List on Yahoo...
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/outlook-dev/

Try looking at the site below for publication information:
http://www.slipstick.com/books/user.htm

"Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Developers, and Power Users" might
be an excellent place to start.

There is also a site that is a wonderful source of info:
http://www.outlookcode.com/

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Nikki Peterson [MVP - Outlook]

I am trying to design an Appointment form so that when I pull up a new
appointment form, it will automatically have the tabs on it for the info I
want to attach to it. Maybe I'm going about it in the wrong way, but here's
what I want to do: When I have an appointment with a client or spend time
working on something for a client, I put it in my calendar, but I want to be
able to track the billing info, time, etc. which is a Task function (I
think) without putting it also in the task column. I want it on the
calendar so I can see at a glance where I spent my time as well as be able
to track the billing info there for the end of the month. When I exported
the calendar to an Excel spreadsheet, the columns for the info I want to put
into it were there, but I don't know how to get the data into each
appointment so it carries over into an exported file. Is there a book that
explains in detail how to do these kinds of things? I printed a ton of help
files but they aren't working for me. Please EM me because I don't get much
chance to get back to these message boards.