importing data into a contacts folder with a custom form

[Guest]

I created a new contacts folder and then created a custom form with the exact
fields I needed, rather than the default contact fields. I saved the form
with a name of 'customform' in my personal forms library and in the
properties of the contacts folder also specified that "When posting to this
folder, use 'customform' ". When I go to that folder and double-click to
create a new contact, the custom form appears just fine. However during the
import, when at the 'map custom fields' page, I am not seeing the fields that
I created in the custom form; I am only seeing the default fields to map to.
I need to map the access fields to the fields I created in Custom forms.
There are specialized field names that don't exist in the 'map custom fields'
page. Any advice?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Outlook doesn't support importing to a custom form. You'd have to write
custom code or use a third-party application. See
http://www.outlookcode.com/d/customimport.htm.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Sue, that is what I was afraid of.

Outlook doesn't support importing to a custom form. You'd have to write
custom code or use a third-party application. See
http://www.outlookcode.com/d/customimport.htm.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers