Publish new form to all contacts Office 2003

[Zorro]

I have designed a new form. I started with a New Contact, Design A Form,
renamed (P.2) to "Data", then Published As, published as "P.2" and "Data."
(same form)

Published to Personal Forms Libary and Outlook Folders. P.2, P.2 & Data
respectivly.

I have several contact files. I used one contact file set, with ten
contacts, as my test file.

Within this contact set, New Contact (untitled) has new form (P.2 and/or
Data) in view, next to General...perfect.

However, how can I get all contacts, in this set, to display new form (P.2
and/or Data) without a copy and paste approach (Design a Form)?

I have not read any clear approach to this.....Thank you in advance.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

I don't know what you mean by "contact file" or "contact set." Outlook
doesn't have a concept like that. If you're asking how to change existing
items so that they display using a published custom form, you need to change
the value of the MessageClass property on each item so that it points to the
published form's class, e.g. IPM.Contact.MyForm. The page at
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=39 has links to scripts and tools
to do this.

 

[Zorro]

Regarding "contact files" and "contact sets," I have several types of contact
groups (files) listed under My Contacts. One specialized group (set) was
used.

For instance , "Personal" group (files) of contacts, "Business" group
(files) of contacts, specialize "Network" group (files) of contacts, etc.

The different groups of contacts are set up seperatly. The groups are
itemized, listed seperatly, under the My Contact heading.

I took a smaller group (set) to experiment with. I do not want to change a
form. I want to add a custom form to the existing forms; P.2 or data (either
form.)

When one is desinging a custom form, design mode displays several additional
forms; (P.2), (P.3), etc.

I would like to consistantly display P.2 (customized) in addition to other
forms displayed. Like this: General, P.2, Activites, Certificates, and All
Fields.

Thanks, Sue.

Z

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

Regarding "contact files" and "contact sets," I have several types of

contact
groups (files) listed under My Contacts. One specialized group (set) was
used.

For instance , "Personal" group (files) of contacts, "Business" group
(files) of contacts, specialize "Network" group (files) of contacts, etc.

The correct term for the container for individual Outlook items is "folder,"
not "file" or "set."

I took a smaller group (set) to experiment with. I do not want to change
a
form. I want to add a custom form to the existing forms; P.2 or data
(either
form.)

When one is desinging a custom form, design mode displays several
additional
forms; (P.2), (P.3), etc.

Those are not additional forms. They are customizable pages of the one form
displayed in the designer. Changing one of those pages changes the form.

I would like to consistantly display P.2 (customized) in addition to other
forms displayed. Like this: General, P.2, Activites, Certificates, and All
Fields.

Then you need to do what I told you earlier -- modify each item so that its
MessageClass property points to your published form, as described in the
article I suggested.