Custom Fields

One of my clients has an extremely large database in Contacts, and wants to add custom fields to all existing and new contacts (ie - SS# & EIN & a date field).

I can add the custom fields in the Design Form function, But that creates a new form. How would I then be able to have these fields show on all the existing contact records without adding them individually to each record?

Also, they want to link certain contacts together (ie - the estate of John Smith). I thought to simply do this as a distibution list, and add that field as well to the contact record. Would that work, or is there another way to do it?

TIA!

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.

One way to link contacts together is with a common category. Another is
through the Contacts box at the bottom of the item.

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


"Jennifer Dargis" wrote in message
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One of my clients has an extremely large database in Contacts, and wants
to add custom fields to all existing and new contacts (ie - SS# & EIN & a
date field).

I can add the custom fields in the Design Form function, But that creates
a new form. How would I then be able to have these fields show on all the
existing contact records without adding them individually to each record?

Also, they want to link certain contacts together (ie - the estate of John
Smith). I thought to simply do this as a distibution list, and add that
field as well to the contact record. Would that work, or is there another
way to do it?

TIA!