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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Business Contact Manager / May 2008How do you modify an existing form
I'm trying to modify the Business Contact Mangers (BCM) contact card. I'm using Outlook 2007. I go to Tools > Forms > Design a Form. Form the "Look In" drop down I select \Business Contact manager\Business Contacts. I select Contact (message Class: IPM.Contact) When I open it, it looks like the standard default Contact card template. How do I get to the form that has the "Classification" section witht he "Mark as: Lead" "Status: Active", etc.?? I have the book "Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming" by Sue Mosher and I know how to do form regions. My thought was, and correct me if I missunderstand how the "replaceAll" vs. "adjoining" work, but I was going to replace the whole Business Contact card with a new one. One with most of the same fields but a few new ones that we need. I was going to do this with the "replaceAll". This way we can have the fields in the order of the work flow and the user doesn't have to drop to a region at the bottom to enter some data. Anything that might help me? Thanks, Bill As I understand it, the BCM-specific layout in 2007 is actually a replacement form region handled by the BCM add-in for the IPM.Contact.BCM.Contact message class. You can't modify it directly, nor would you really want to, IMO, because you'd have to reverse-engineer all the functionality that the BCM add-in applies to that form region. Instead, you should use the built-in feature for adding and arranging custom fields -- see http://blogs.msdn.com/bcm/archive/2007/03/07/customizing-bcm.aspx. An adventurous soul might explore building a separate form region that BCM could display as a separate page, but I have a feeling that might get messy.  SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming: Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54 > I'm trying to modify the Business Contact Mangers (BCM) contact card. I'm > using Outlook 2007. I go to Tools > Forms > Design a Form. Form the "Look [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > Thanks, > Bill I'm trying to do as little works as I can. I'd like to have my new field (customer field I've created) in-between two existing fields due to workflow. I've only found how to add it at the bottom in its own section. I'll take a look at the link you have referenced. As I understand it, the BCM-specific layout in 2007 is actually a replacement form region handled by the BCM add-in for the IPM.Contact.BCM.Contact message class. You can't modify it directly, nor would you really want to, IMO, because you'd have to reverse-engineer all the functionality that the BCM add-in applies to that form region. Instead, you should use the built-in feature for adding and arranging custom fields -- see http://blogs.msdn.com/bcm/archive/2007/03/07/customizing-bcm.aspx. An adventurous soul might explore building a separate form region that BCM could display as a separate page, but I have a feeling that might get messy. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming: Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54 > I'm trying to modify the Business Contact Mangers (BCM) contact card. I'm > using Outlook 2007. I go to Tools > Forms > Design a Form. Form the "Look [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > Thanks, > Bill > I'd like to have my new field > (customer field I've created) in-between two existing fields due to > workflow. AFAIK, that's not possible. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming: Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54 > I'm trying to do as little works as I can. I'd like to have my new field > (customer field I've created) in-between two existing fields due to [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] >> Thanks, >> Bill Can you change the labels of fields? > I'd like to have my new field > (customer field I've created) in-between two existing fields due to > workflow. AFAIK, that's not possible. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming: Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54 > I'm trying to do as little works as I can. I'd like to have my new field > (customer field I've created) in-between two existing fields due to [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > could display as a separate page, but I have a feeling that might get > messy. > "Bill Board" <John.Doe@NoSpam.com> wrote in message > news:eiPXqeurIHA.3616@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] >> Thanks, >> Bill I don't think so. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming: Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54 > Can you change the labels of fields? > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > AFAIK, that's not possible. >> I'm trying to do as little works as I can. I'd like to have my new field >> (customer field I've created) in-between two existing fields due to [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] >>> Thanks, >>> Bill You've got to be kidding me... I can change what elements within a drop down to make that fit my needs, but I can't change the label of the field?? Ok, I think I have this now. I can add a region at the bottom of the form and I can add fields in the User-Defined Fields area. That's it. Do I understand it correctly now? I don't think so. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming: Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54 > Can you change the labels of fields? > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > AFAIK, that's not possible. > "Bill Board" <John.Doe@NoSpam.com> wrote in message > news:eyqhp4vrIHA.1772@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... [quoted text clipped - 51 lines] >>> Thanks, >>> Bill Yes, I think you've got it. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming: Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54 > You've got to be kidding me... I can change what elements within a drop down > to make that fit my needs, but I can't change the label of the field?? Ok, [quoted text clipped - 67 lines] >>>> Thanks, >>>> Bill Hi Sue, I would also change the BCM-forms. Now I understand that's not possible except adding custom fields at the bottom. Strange is however that not all standard information from a normal Outlook Contact is visible. So is the P.O box number not avaibale on a BCM-form. Why cann't I add it like a custom field? Joël van der Meer Impactive The Netherlands url:http://www.ureader.com/msg/10714053.aspx |
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