Exporting User-Defined Contact Fields

[vagraces]

I want to share my user-defined contact fields from my PC to a friend using
Outlook 2003. I can't find a utility to do that within Outlook. Can anyone
help me? Thanks!

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Create a new .pst file, create a contacts folder, and copy the contacts into
it. Reverse the process on the other end.

 

[vagraces]

Thanks for your reply. I actually no how to do that...what I'm struggling
with is that I have many user-defined fields in my countact setup that aren't
able to be used by the person I'm sending the contacts to.

For instance, I have Joe Jones as a contact and I have the normal fields in
use like address and phone but I also have fields such as "age of children"
or "invite to Christmas party", etc... that are custom fields. When I send
my contacts over to another user they get my custom fields. Unfortunately
when they then want to create a new contact with my custom fields they don't
have my custom fields available. Is there a way to send the contacts along
with the custom (i.e. user-defined) field definitions?

Thanks!

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Fields will be present in items that include data for them. I imagine that
if the other person looks on the All Fields tab in the open contact, they'll
see your custom field data.

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

 

[vagraces]

Thanks for your reply. They see them in the one's that I created but when
they try to create one themselves they don't have my custom fields available
to use. Is there a way to export to them the custom fields I've setup?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Two methods:

1) Use a custom form that has the fields defined in the form. Maybe you have
one and can send it to them?

2) Add the fields to the folder manually and set their values on the All
Fields tab.

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