Creating Dropdown List, Required Fields, Export Contacts to new Fo

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CC - 28 Feb 2006 20:10 GMT

I am updating a contact form and have a few questions
1.    How do I create a Dropdown List and add the values?
2.    Can I make fields “mandatory” and how? (Basically I want certain fields
filled out before the form can be saved.
3.    I have several contacts that I want to transfer/export to my new form.
How can I do that?

Thank you.

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 28 Feb 2006 20:28 GMT

1) See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/formcontrols.htm#listcombo

2) Two methods -- enter a validation formula and prompt on the control's Validation tab in its Properties dialog or write code behind the form's Item_Write event handler.

3) 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.

FYI, there is a newsgroup specifically for Outlook forms issues "down the hall" at microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms or, via web interface, at http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?dg=microsoft.public
.outlook.program_forms

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>I am updating a contact form and have a few questions
> 1. How do I create a Dropdown List and add the values?
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> Thank you.

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