Modifying the "Account" form in Business Contact Manager

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Doug Hillis - 03 Jan 2004 18:11 GMT

I would like to use the default "Account" form as a template to design a form that meets my specific needs. I tried this already and ran into several problems. Is this possible or does Business Contact Manager treat this form differently than standard outlook forms

If I can change it, is there certain features that BCM is looking for that must be present?

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Sue Mosher [MVP] - 04 Jan 2004 22:02 GMT

Yes, it's different. BCM forms officially are not customizable. I spent
some time during the beta trying to develop some custom forms and didn't get
very far.

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> I would like to use the default "Account" form as a template to design a form that meets my specific needs. I tried this already and ran into

several problems. Is this possible or does Business Contact Manager treat
this form differently than standard outlook forms?

> If I can change it, is there certain features that BCM is looking for that must be present?

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Doug Hillis - 04 Jan 2004 22:31 GMT

For now I just need to add some data to this form, is that workable?

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Sue Mosher [MVP] - 05 Jan 2004 14:03 GMT

No, BCM forms are not customizable. Remember that they're actually writing
data to an MSDE database.

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Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

> For now I just need to add some data to this form, is that workable?

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