Custom data in Outlook

[Jim Franklin]

Hi,

I wonder if anyone can point me in the right direction?

At the moment I am using Outlook 2003 for all the usual stuff; contacts,
email, tasks etc. But I would like to create folders of custom data, to be
stored in my outlook pst file rather than creating separate databases in,
say Access. This could vary from anything as simple as a folder containing
all my web logins (3 text fields, txtWebAddress, txtUserName, txtPassword)
with a simple listview, to more complex records requiring bespoke Forms for
data entry.

I am an Access developer so comfortable with VBA. I thought this would be
easy to get going with, but does not seem to be intuitive in Outlook.

Can anyone tell me how easy it is to do what I want and if possible provide
any tips or point me in the direction of good tutorials etc.

Many thanks for any help,

Jim

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

For simple things like user/password, use Notes. You can use Notes for
larger items too, but they work well for short bits of information. I have
separate Notes folders for website usernames/passwords, email account info
(smtp server names, port #, and user/pw), product keys for software I've
purchased, etc.

You can also use Post forms. As with other item types (except Notes), you
can customize the form and create custom fields.

There are outlook programming groups on this server that would be better
suited to help with specific problems writing VBA and creating custom
forms - microsoft.public.outlook.program_vba and .program_forms.

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