Making Custom Form the Default

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Tim O'Leary - 24 May 2004 22:51 GMT

I've created a Custom Contact Form and would like to make
it act as the default Public Contact Folder. I would also
like to import contacts from ACT4.02 directly into the
folder so that the custom form applies. I was able to make
the folder use the custom form when I hit "new", but when
importing contacts, they use the default contact form.
The same thing happens when I drag-n-drop a contact from
another contact folder. Is there any way to make my
custom contact form the default for importing contacts?
Thanks in advance,
Tim O'Leary

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 25 May 2004 06:08 GMT

Outlook doesn't support importing to a custom form. You'd have to write
custom code or use a third-party application. See
http://www.outlookcode.com/d/customimport.htm.

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> I've created a Custom Contact Form and would like to make
> it act as the default Public Contact Folder. I would also
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> Thanks in advance,
> Tim O'Leary

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Tim O'Leary - 25 May 2004 18:40 GMT

Thank you Sue. I'm importing ACT4.02 data,
specifically. Do you know if any of the tools on your
site will import directly from that program?
Thanks again,
Tim

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>Outlook doesn't support importing to a custom form. You'd have to write
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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 26 May 2004 07:47 GMT

I personally don't track import tools any more.

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> Thank you Sue. I'm importing ACT4.02 data,
> specifically. Do you know if any of the tools on your
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> >> another contact folder. Is there any way to make my
> >> custom contact form the default for importing contacts?

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Hollis D. Paul - 25 May 2004 15:22 GMT

> The same thing happens when I drag-n-drop a contact from
> another contact folder. Is there any way to make my
> custom contact form the default for importing contacts?

I don't think you can. But I am sure you can find some code on
www.slipstick.com that will do it with just a few changes.

Hollis D. Paul [MVP - Outlook]
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