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move custom forms to new ol03 install
i have a number of custom forms that was using in OL03. i have reinstalled
OL03 on a new computer. i imported the .pst file into the existing, new, personal folder. all the contacts and email are there. but not the custom forms. i have access to the old drive/files, but cann't run the old install of outlook. what files do i need, where to find them, and how to get the new OL03 to recognize them? thanks, jeffrey |
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move custom forms to new ol03 install
If you published the forms to your Personal Forms library, then you never should have imported the .pst file. Instead, you should have created a new Outlook profile, add that old .pst file to it, and made it the default store for that profile. If you do that, all your data, forms, custom views, rules, etc. will be available.
-- 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 "jeffrey" wrote in message t... i have a number of custom forms that was using in OL03. i have reinstalled OL03 on a new computer. i imported the .pst file into the existing, new, personal folder. all the contacts and email are there. but not the custom forms. i have access to the old drive/files, but cann't run the old install of outlook. what files do i need, where to find them, and how to get the new OL03 to recognize them? thanks, jeffrey |
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sue, thanks for the reply.
there was a new outlook profile (outlook.pst) created when outlook was installed. it had nothing in it when i imported. i don't know what is meant by "add the old .pst". i only see an option to import/export. jeffrey "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message ... If you published the forms to your Personal Forms library, then you never should have imported the .pst file. Instead, you should have created a new Outlook profile, add that old .pst file to it, and made it the default store for that profile. If you do that, all your data, forms, custom views, rules, etc. will be available. -- 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 "jeffrey" wrote in message t... i have a number of custom forms that was using in OL03. i have reinstalled OL03 on a new computer. i imported the .pst file into the existing, new, personal folder. all the contacts and email are there. but not the custom forms. i have access to the old drive/files, but cann't run the old install of outlook. what files do i need, where to find them, and how to get the new OL03 to recognize them? thanks, jeffrey |
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File | Data File Management. Or go through the Mail applet in Control Panel, which has a different interface.
-- 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 "jeffrey" wrote in message . com... sue, thanks for the reply. there was a new outlook profile (outlook.pst) created when outlook was installed. it had nothing in it when i imported. i don't know what is meant by "add the old .pst". i only see an option to import/export. jeffrey "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message ... If you published the forms to your Personal Forms library, then you never should have imported the .pst file. Instead, you should have created a new Outlook profile, add that old .pst file to it, and made it the default store for that profile. If you do that, all your data, forms, custom views, rules, etc. will be available. -- 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 "jeffrey" wrote in message t... i have a number of custom forms that was using in OL03. i have reinstalled OL03 on a new computer. i imported the .pst file into the existing, new, personal folder. all the contacts and email are there. but not the custom forms. i have access to the old drive/files, but cann't run the old install of outlook. what files do i need, where to find them, and how to get the new OL03 to recognize them? thanks, jeffrey |
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add info: to clarify, when i did the "import" it asked if i wanted to add
duplicates, overwrite, etc. if this was the wrong thing to do, darn, i thought that i was being so good, figuring it out this way. so, at this point, for next time, (there will be a next time), 1. how do i "add" rather than 'import". 2. is there a way to rectify the situation, without wiping out my now changed .pst (some changes to contacts, added email, calendar). perhaps the simplest thing is to open a contact (which is using the desired custom form), do "design this form" , delete the data from the fields, and publish the empty form under the old name? then do a contact form conversion so that they all are using the properly named form? jeffrey "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message ... If you published the forms to your Personal Forms library, then you never should have imported the .pst file. Instead, you should have created a new Outlook profile, add that old .pst file to it, and made it the default store for that profile. If you do that, all your data, forms, custom views, rules, etc. will be available. -- 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 "jeffrey" wrote in message t... i have a number of custom forms that was using in OL03. i have reinstalled OL03 on a new computer. i imported the .pst file into the existing, new, personal folder. all the contacts and email are there. but not the custom forms. i have access to the old drive/files, but cann't run the old install of outlook. what files do i need, where to find them, and how to get the new OL03 to recognize them? thanks, jeffrey |
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1) There is an Add button in the File | Data File Management dialog. Add your old .pst file and make it the default. Restart Outlook. Once you do that, all your old forms and data will be available. You can move any items you've created or modified since the move over into your old .pst file and close the new one.
2) If the contacts are using the desired form, then what's the real issue? Your original post said the custom forms aren't there. -- 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 "jeffrey" wrote in message t... add info: to clarify, when i did the "import" it asked if i wanted to add duplicates, overwrite, etc. if this was the wrong thing to do, darn, i thought that i was being so good, figuring it out this way. so, at this point, for next time, (there will be a next time), 1. how do i "add" rather than 'import". 2. is there a way to rectify the situation, without wiping out my now changed .pst (some changes to contacts, added email, calendar). perhaps the simplest thing is to open a contact (which is using the desired custom form), do "design this form" , delete the data from the fields, and publish the empty form under the old name? then do a contact form conversion so that they all are using the properly named form? jeffrey "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message ... If you published the forms to your Personal Forms library, then you never should have imported the .pst file. Instead, you should have created a new Outlook profile, add that old .pst file to it, and made it the default store for that profile. If you do that, all your data, forms, custom views, rules, etc. will be available. "jeffrey" wrote in message t... i have a number of custom forms that was using in OL03. i have reinstalled OL03 on a new computer. i imported the .pst file into the existing, new, personal folder. all the contacts and email are there. but not the custom forms. i have access to the old drive/files, but cann't run the old install of outlook. what files do i need, where to find them, and how to get the new OL03 to recognize them? thanks, jeffrey |
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wahooo! i think it is fixed. i took your advice about adding the old .pst,
to a newly created personal files (1)folder. then, and i may miss a few steps relating this, i right clicked on the current contacts folder forms managementopened the forms from the new personal files(1) contact folder, found the forms, saved (copied?) them to the forms folder. then when i went to the current personal folderscontactfolder management they are there. and available for new contacts. the forms are now shown under "no category name" and "no subcategory name" in the forms management. would be nice to have them show up (in case, in future, i don't remember this quirk) directly. if you have a suggestion for making that happen, fine. otherwise i will play around with later (and hopefully not make the situation worse ). thanks for the help, jeffrey "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message ... File | Data File Management. Or go through the Mail applet in Control Panel, which has a different interface. -- 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 "jeffrey" wrote in message . com... sue, thanks for the reply. there was a new outlook profile (outlook.pst) created when outlook was installed. it had nothing in it when i imported. i don't know what is meant by "add the old .pst". i only see an option to import/export. jeffrey "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message ... If you published the forms to your Personal Forms library, then you never should have imported the .pst file. Instead, you should have created a new Outlook profile, add that old .pst file to it, and made it the default store for that profile. If you do that, all your data, forms, custom views, rules, etc. will be available. -- 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 "jeffrey" wrote in message t... i have a number of custom forms that was using in OL03. i have reinstalled OL03 on a new computer. i imported the .pst file into the existing, new, personal folder. all the contacts and email are there. but not the custom forms. i have access to the old drive/files, but cann't run the old install of outlook. what files do i need, where to find them, and how to get the new OL03 to recognize them? thanks, jeffrey |
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we seem to be posting at the same time.
2) problem was, that the existing contacts were viewing in the custom form, but if i tried to enter a new contact, the .ipm form was used. i couldn't find the custom forms to try reinstalling them and make them available for new contacts. jeffrey "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message ... 1) There is an Add button in the File | Data File Management dialog. Add your old .pst file and make it the default. Restart Outlook. Once you do that, all your old forms and data will be available. You can move any items you've created or modified since the move over into your old .pst file and close the new one. 2) If the contacts are using the desired form, then what's the real issue? Your original post said the custom forms aren't there. -- 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 "jeffrey" wrote in message t... add info: to clarify, when i did the "import" it asked if i wanted to add duplicates, overwrite, etc. if this was the wrong thing to do, darn, i thought that i was being so good, figuring it out this way. so, at this point, for next time, (there will be a next time), 1. how do i "add" rather than 'import". 2. is there a way to rectify the situation, without wiping out my now changed .pst (some changes to contacts, added email, calendar). perhaps the simplest thing is to open a contact (which is using the desired custom form), do "design this form" , delete the data from the fields, and publish the empty form under the old name? then do a contact form conversion so that they all are using the properly named form? jeffrey "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message ... If you published the forms to your Personal Forms library, then you never should have imported the .pst file. Instead, you should have created a new Outlook profile, add that old .pst file to it, and made it the default store for that profile. If you do that, all your data, forms, custom views, rules, etc. will be available. "jeffrey" wrote in message t... i have a number of custom forms that was using in OL03. i have reinstalled OL03 on a new computer. i imported the .pst file into the existing, new, personal folder. all the contacts and email are there. but not the custom forms. i have access to the old drive/files, but cann't run the old install of outlook. what files do i need, where to find them, and how to get the new OL03 to recognize them? thanks, jeffrey |
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If you want categories on your forms, you'll need to add them on the (Properties) page, then republish.
-- 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 "jeffrey" wrote in message t... wahooo! i think it is fixed. i took your advice about adding the old ..pst, to a newly created personal files (1)folder. then, and i may miss a few steps relating this, i right clicked on the current contacts folder forms managementopened the forms from the new personal files(1) contact folder, found the forms, saved (copied?) them to the forms folder. then when i went to the current personal folderscontactfolder management they are there. and available for new contacts. the forms are now shown under "no category name" and "no subcategory name" in the forms management. would be nice to have them show up (in case, in future, i don't remember this quirk) directly. if you have a suggestion for making that happen, fine. otherwise i will play around with later (and hopefully not make the situation worse ). thanks for the help, jeffrey "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message ... File | Data File Management. Or go through the Mail applet in Control Panel, which has a different interface. -- 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 "jeffrey" wrote in message . com... sue, thanks for the reply. there was a new outlook profile (outlook.pst) created when outlook was installed. it had nothing in it when i imported. i don't know what is meant by "add the old .pst". i only see an option to import/export. jeffrey "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message ... If you published the forms to your Personal Forms library, then you never should have imported the .pst file. Instead, you should have created a new Outlook profile, add that old .pst file to it, and made it the default store for that profile. If you do that, all your data, forms, custom views, rules, etc. will be available. -- 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 "jeffrey" wrote in message t... i have a number of custom forms that was using in OL03. i have reinstalled OL03 on a new computer. i imported the .pst file into the existing, new, personal folder. all the contacts and email are there. but not the custom forms. i have access to the old drive/files, but cann't run the old install of outlook. what files do i need, where to find them, and how to get the new OL03 to recognize them? thanks, jeffrey |
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But now you have the custom form, right? It sounds like you didn't make the custom form the default for the folder, so that new items would use it. See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/newdefaultform.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 "jeffrey" wrote in message t... we seem to be posting at the same time. 2) problem was, that the existing contacts were viewing in the custom form, but if i tried to enter a new contact, the .ipm form was used. i couldn't find the custom forms to try reinstalling them and make them available for new contacts. jeffrey "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message ... 2) If the contacts are using the desired form, then what's the real issue? Your original post said the custom forms aren't there. "jeffrey" wrote in message t... 2. is there a way to rectify the situation, without wiping out my now changed .pst (some changes to contacts, added email, calendar). perhaps the simplest thing is to open a contact (which is using the desired custom form), do "design this form" , delete the data from the fields, and publish the empty form under the old name? then do a contact form conversion so that they all are using the properly named form? |
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