Linking contact to account does not display linked account "Mike" <mbt[ at ]postmaster.co.uk> 2/23/2007 2:21:37 PM I have used VB.NET 2005 to create a new business contact and link it to an existing account. The code runs ok and the new contact is created. When I go to the account I can see the new contact in the list of contacts. The problem is that the linked account does not show on the business contact record - eg the Account field underneath 'Linked Account' is blank. Many thanks for any assistance.

Re: Linking contact to account does not display linked account "Clinton Ford [MSFT]" <ClintonFordMSFT[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> 2/24/2007 12:50:57 AM After setting the "Parent Entity EntryID" as described in this sample... http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa431883.aspx ....be sure to also set the "Parent Account Name" as in following C# code: if (newContact1.UserProperties["Parent Account Name"] == null) { userProp = newContact1.UserProperties.Add("Parent Account Name", Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.OlUserPropertyType.olText, false, false); userProp.Value = newAccount.FirstName; } -- Visit team blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/bcm This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights "Mike" <mbt[ at ]postmaster.co.uk> wrote in message news:%236OwjX1VHHA.5008[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... I have used VB.NET 2005 to create a new business contact and link it to an existing account. The code runs ok and the new contact is created. When I go to the account I can see the new contact in the list of contacts. The problem is that the linked account does not show on the business contact record - eg the Account field underneath 'Linked Account' is blank. Many thanks for any assistance.

Re: Linking contact to account does not display linked account "Balaji [MS]" <bbalasubramanyan[ at ]gmail.com> 2/24/2007 1:59:37 AM On Feb 23, 6:21 am, "Mike" <m...[ at ]postmaster.co.uk> wrote: [Quoted Text] > I have used VB.NET 2005 to create a new business contact and link it to an > existing account. The code runs ok and the new contact is created. When I go > to the account I can see the new contact in the list of contacts. The > problem is that the linked account does not show on the business contact > record - eg the Account field underneath 'Linked Account' is blank. Many > thanks for any assistance. There is sample code for this on MSDN that works correctly. You can find the sample code at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa431883.aspx.

Re: Linking contact to account does not display linked account "Mike" <mbt[ at ]postmaster.co.uk> 2/26/2007 4:15:52 PM Many thanks for your assistance. This code does indeed link the record. The contact appears under the account. However the account name is not displayed in the contact record. I think you have to set the Account Name after linking the record but this only seems to work intermittently. "Balaji [MS]" <bbalasubramanyan[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message news:1172282377.323909.137160[ at ]p10g2000cwp.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > On Feb 23, 6:21 am, "Mike" <m...[ at ]postmaster.co.uk> wrote: >> I have used VB.NET 2005 to create a new business contact and link it to >> an >> existing account. The code runs ok and the new contact is created. When I >> go >> to the account I can see the new contact in the list of contacts. The >> problem is that the linked account does not show on the business contact >> record - eg the Account field underneath 'Linked Account' is blank. Many >> thanks for any assistance. > > There is sample code for this on MSDN that works correctly. You can > find the sample code at > http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa431883.aspx. >

Re: Linking contact to account does not display linked account "Mike" <mbt[ at ]postmaster.co.uk> 2/26/2007 5:07:08 PM Sorry Clinton, I missed your posting. Thank you very much indeed for the information. I was setting the Account name instead of the parent account name. It all works great. Again many thanks. "Mike" <mbt[ at ]postmaster.co.uk> wrote in message news:OMUnZFcWHHA.4964[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > Many thanks for your assistance. > > This code does indeed link the record. The contact appears under the > account. However the account name is not displayed in the contact record. > I think you have to set the Account Name after linking the record but this > only seems to work intermittently. > > > "Balaji [MS]" <bbalasubramanyan[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message > news:1172282377.323909.137160[ at ]p10g2000cwp.googlegroups.com... >> On Feb 23, 6:21 am, "Mike" <m...[ at ]postmaster.co.uk> wrote: >>> I have used VB.NET 2005 to create a new business contact and link it to >>> an >>> existing account. The code runs ok and the new contact is created. When >>> I go >>> to the account I can see the new contact in the list of contacts. The >>> problem is that the linked account does not show on the business contact >>> record - eg the Account field underneath 'Linked Account' is blank. Many >>> thanks for any assistance. >> >> There is sample code for this on MSDN that works correctly. You can >> find the sample code at >> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa431883.aspx. >> >