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Newbie designing in Access to track students and group members. Currently
keep all information in Outlook, and have limited experience in designing
custom forms to do so. Outlook is no longer complex enough, so am moving to
Access.
Contacts list currently at about 800 -- could go to 2000 (but not higher).
I considered linking the simple Outlook fields to a basic contacts table for
mass emailing, then adding tables to handle the more complex tracking (like
student class records -- this is currently tracked in Outlook custom
forms/fields) but this doesn't provide some of the basic info I would need
to synchronize back to Outlook (like "categories" -- used in targeting
mailings to certain areas).
Here's what I need -- Can someone recommend whether:
A. I start trudging up the steep learning curve to coding this by hand,
(have tried and failed at importing custom fields using some of the code
samples at Slipstick) or
B. Whether anyone has used or can recommend any of the synchronizing
programs such as Outlook Datalink (ouch, $$$!!!) or Genius Connect?
I am a determined student once I set out on the path, and could learn coding
if needed, but it's pretty much a one-shot task I need to get handled.
Willing to spend $ for software IF there are solid recommendations.
Thanks in advance for your help,
Carol
keep all information in Outlook, and have limited experience in designing
custom forms to do so. Outlook is no longer complex enough, so am moving to
Access.
Contacts list currently at about 800 -- could go to 2000 (but not higher).
I considered linking the simple Outlook fields to a basic contacts table for
mass emailing, then adding tables to handle the more complex tracking (like
student class records -- this is currently tracked in Outlook custom
forms/fields) but this doesn't provide some of the basic info I would need
to synchronize back to Outlook (like "categories" -- used in targeting
mailings to certain areas).
Here's what I need -- Can someone recommend whether:
A. I start trudging up the steep learning curve to coding this by hand,
(have tried and failed at importing custom fields using some of the code
samples at Slipstick) or
B. Whether anyone has used or can recommend any of the synchronizing
programs such as Outlook Datalink (ouch, $$$!!!) or Genius Connect?
I am a determined student once I set out on the path, and could learn coding
if needed, but it's pretty much a one-shot task I need to get handled.
Willing to spend $ for software IF there are solid recommendations.
Thanks in advance for your help,
Carol