Converting contacts into a custom form Outlook 2000

[Chris]

I made a custom form in outlook and want to bring all of
my public contacts into it. I thought there was a VB
script available to do this easily???
Thanks
Chris

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

You need to change the MessageClass on the existing items to point to your
new form's class. See
http://www.outlookcode.com/d/newdefaultform.htm#convert for several tools
and scripts to accomplish this.

 

[Guest]

Hi Sue! Ok I found that page. Would you mind giving me
some more detailed steps? I have never done this before.
If this something I need to do when no one is using the
default form?
Thanks you always seem to have the answers!

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

The MessageClass property of each item determines what form Outlook will use
to try to display that item.


The form is just a template. It's never actually being "used" directly in
the way that you're probably thinking.

Each of the tools listed modifies individual Outlook items to change the
value of their MessageClass property and then save the item. You will want
to perform the operation when no one is using those items. If you want to
see how it works, use one of the script tools and read the code.

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