USER-DEFINED FIELDS - MAX. #

Not enough detail to say, but many companies processing that kind of information use databases.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54


"Lorrie" wrote in message ...
Thanks for your response I'm sure now that Outlook will not be adequate for
this project. Can you suggest something that might be a better option?
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Thank you - I appreciate all help that I can get!
Lorrie


"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

It's 32kb per record. A good way to check might be to create a new item with your form but fill in minimal data, then create another new item and fill in as much as you'd expect to normally see. Compare the sizes to see how much data you're adding to each item.

How much of the information in those 1-15 paragraphs is boilerplate that is the same for everyone? If it's a lot, then maybe there's another way to store that often-duplicated informaton.

"Lorrie" wrote in message ...
Sue,

First - I have your book on Oulook programming and it's wonderful. Even and
idiot like me can understand it. It's great read something about a computer
that is in plain English that we can understand.

Now my question. You said in this thread that you get concerned about more
then 150 custom fields. I don't have anywhere near that - more like 50.
Trouble is that three of my custom fields are long text fields that could
range from 1-15 paragraphs. I've taken a look at a document that is 32K and
it's not very much information. You said that Outlooks limit is 32K per
item...Item? humm...is the 32K per contact record...or is it 32K per custom
field?

I'm very anxious to show my co-workers how easy it would be for us to load
information into Outlook for our investments and then use that data for an
annual mail merge of our Audit Confirmation Letters. There is no point in
going to the work if Outlook is limited to 32K per contact record.