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CB Clarke - 31 Oct 2003 15:40 GMT

I set up a custom form for individual contact entry and attached it to the
contacts folder in properties. Now when I enter a new contact it uses this
form for the data entry and when I dbl-click the newly added contact, it
uses the new form for display!

Great!!! this is exactly what I want(ed).

Now how can I get all the existing contacts in the same contacts folder to
use this new form for display???? They are ALL displayed in the original
format which lacks some fields I added to the new form.

HELP!! This is driving me crazy! I cannot seem to find any way to change
this.

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Sue Mosher [MVP] - 31 Oct 2003 15:58 GMT

You need to change the MessageClass on the existing items to point to your new form's class. See http://www.slipstick.com/dev/newdefaultform.htm#convert for several tools and scripts to accomplish this easily.

FYI, there is a separate newsgroup for Outlook forms issues -- microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms.

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> I set up a custom form for individual contact entry and attached it to the
> contacts folder in properties. Now when I enter a new contact it uses this
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> HELP!! This is driving me crazy! I cannot seem to find any way to change
> this.

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Diane Poremsky [MVP] - 31 Oct 2003 16:30 GMT

docmessageclass - last one on the list.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/products.htm

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