Importing into User Defined Fields

Hi in Outlook 2003, contacts. I have created a custom form and am trying to
import data from excel into it. During the import I am attempting to map the
various data fields. The normal ones, eg name, address, phone etc are fine,
however, I can't find my new user defined fields which I created for the
custom form. There are four UDF's (default) which so far I have ignored,
because I need about 10-15.

Any ideas? Thanks

Charles

Outlook does not support importing to a custom form, nor importing custom fields. You would need to write your own import code or use a third-party tool. See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/customimport.htm

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"Charles Robinson" Charles wrote in message ...
Hi in Outlook 2003, contacts. I have created a custom form and am trying to
import data from excel into it. During the import I am attempting to map the
various data fields. The normal ones, eg name, address, phone etc are fine,
however, I can't find my new user defined fields which I created for the
custom form. There are four UDF's (default) which so far I have ignored,
because I need about 10-15.

Any ideas? Thanks

Charles

Sue

thanks - will look at that

Charles

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Outlook does not support importing to a custom form, nor importing custom fields. You would need to write your own import code or use a third-party tool. See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/customimport.htm

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"Charles Robinson" Charles wrote in message ...
Hi in Outlook 2003, contacts. I have created a custom form and am trying to
import data from excel into it. During the import I am attempting to map the
various data fields. The normal ones, eg name, address, phone etc are fine,
however, I can't find my new user defined fields which I created for the
custom form. There are four UDF's (default) which so far I have ignored,
because I need about 10-15.

Any ideas? Thanks

Charles