Linking Outlook "Contacts" table.

[Joe S]

It's easy to link this table in Access, however, I want to search and sort on
the "Categories" field. When I export the information from within Outlook
this field is present. When I link to the table in Access it is not. What am
I missing?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

The linked table method has major limitations, including the inability to
show even all the reasonably important fields. While articles have been
written on how to expand on this method's obvious features, I've never been
able to duplicate the results. See
http://www.outlookcode.com/d/database.htm#linkedtables .

That page will also give you other ideas on how to work with databases and
Outlook together. You'll need to write code or use a third-party tool that
does the heavy lifting.