Linking contact to account does not display linked account

[Mike]

I have used VB.NET 2005 to create a new business contact and link it to an
existing account. The code runs ok and the new contact is created. When I go
to the account I can see the new contact in the list of contacts. The
problem is that the linked account does not show on the business contact
record - eg the Account field underneath 'Linked Account' is blank. Many
thanks for any assistance.

 

[Clinton Ford [MSFT]]

After setting the "Parent Entity EntryID" as described in this sample...
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa431883.aspx

....be sure to also set the "Parent Account Name" as in following C# code:

if (newContact1.UserProperties["Parent Account Name"] == null)
{
userProp = newContact1.UserProperties.Add("Parent Account Name", Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.OlUserPropertyType.olText,
false, false);
userProp.Value = newAccount.FirstName;
}

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I have used VB.NET 2005 to create a new business contact and link it to an
existing account. The code runs ok and the new contact is created. When I go
to the account I can see the new contact in the list of contacts. The
problem is that the linked account does not show on the business contact
record - eg the Account field underneath 'Linked Account' is blank. Many
thanks for any assistance.

 

[Balaji [MS]]

I have used VB.NET 2005 to create a new business contact and link it to an
existing account. The code runs ok and the new contact is created. When I go
to the account I can see the new contact in the list of contacts. The
problem is that the linked account does not show on the business contact
record - eg the Account field underneath 'Linked Account' is blank. Many
thanks for any assistance.

There is sample code for this on MSDN that works correctly. You can
find the sample code at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa431883.aspx.

 

[Mike]

Many thanks for your assistance.

This code does indeed link the record. The contact appears under the
account. However the account name is not displayed in the contact record. I
think you have to set the Account Name after linking the record but this
only seems to work intermittently.

 

[Mike]

Sorry Clinton, I missed your posting. Thank you very much indeed for the
information. I was setting the Account name instead of the parent account
name. It all works great. Again many thanks.