Form design in BCM Mike 3/22/2007 4:24:34 PM When I try to design the business contact form in the personal forms section the for opens in design view with all blank except for a message saying "Business contact unable to initialize this form"...what do I do? TY

RE: Form design in BCM Craig Austin (MSFT) 3/23/2007 12:27:05 AM Mike, Business Contact Manager does not allow form customization in this way. To customize your BCM forms, go to Tools -> Forms -> Customize Forms... From here you can create custom fields which will appear on the BCM forms. Thanks, Craig "Mike" wrote: [Quoted Text] > When I try to design the business contact form in the personal forms section > the for opens in design view with all blank except for a message saying > "Business contact unable to initialize this form"...what do I do? TY

Re: Form design in BCM "Mukesh Agarwal [MSFT]" <mukeshag[ at ]online.microsoft.com> 3/23/2007 12:52:12 AM Not sure what version of BCM you are using. This feature is availalbe in 2007 version of BCM. if you are using 2003 version, you won't be able to customize. -- Mukesh Agarwal [MSFT] Visit team blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/bcm This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights "Craig Austin (MSFT)" <CraigAustinMSFT[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3CE0B84C-A057-4996-8FB2-28771873598D[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Mike, > > Business Contact Manager does not allow form customization in this way. > To > customize your BCM forms, go to Tools -> Forms -> Customize Forms... From > here you can create custom fields which will appear on the BCM forms. > > Thanks, > Craig > > "Mike" wrote: > >> When I try to design the business contact form in the personal forms >> section >> the for opens in design view with all blank except for a message saying >> "Business contact unable to initialize this form"...what do I do? TY

Re: Form design in BCM Thatch 4/18/2007 7:12:20 PM What about being able to customize a form with just standard BCM fields. Everytime I try to do this I get the error: "A predefined field 'Categories' already exists". The question is quite simple: how does one modify a BCM form to access the additional fields that exists. Obviously, the provided form designer does not allow the user to do that. Then, what tool does MS offer to modify this form? T "Mukesh Agarwal [MSFT]" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Not sure what version of BCM you are using. This feature is availalbe in > 2007 version of BCM. if you are using 2003 version, you won't be able to > customize. > > -- > Mukesh Agarwal [MSFT] > Visit team blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/bcm > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights > "Craig Austin (MSFT)" <CraigAustinMSFT[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in > message news:3CE0B84C-A057-4996-8FB2-28771873598D[ at ]microsoft.com... > > Mike, > > > > Business Contact Manager does not allow form customization in this way. > > To > > customize your BCM forms, go to Tools -> Forms -> Customize Forms... From > > here you can create custom fields which will appear on the BCM forms. > > > > Thanks, > > Craig > > > > "Mike" wrote: > > > >> When I try to design the business contact form in the personal forms > >> section > >> the for opens in design view with all blank except for a message saying > >> "Business contact unable to initialize this form"...what do I do? TY > >

Re: Form design in BCM Mslot 4/18/2007 7:56:04 PM When you figure it out let me know. I am VERY disappointed with this product. As a matter of fact I upgraded from 2003 to 2007 because I was told in '07 modifications were allowed. Well they are but so limited...it is amazing that MICROSOFT puts out such an unusuable database product that cant do what ACT did 7 years ago...good luck in any event "Thatch" wrote: [Quoted Text] > What about being able to customize a form with just standard BCM fields. > Everytime I try to do this I get the error: "A predefined field 'Categories' > already exists". The question is quite simple: how does one modify a BCM form > to access the additional fields that exists. Obviously, the provided form > designer does not > allow the user to do that. Then, what tool does MS offer to modify this form? > > T > > "Mukesh Agarwal [MSFT]" wrote: > > > Not sure what version of BCM you are using. This feature is availalbe in > > 2007 version of BCM. if you are using 2003 version, you won't be able to > > customize. > > > > -- > > Mukesh Agarwal [MSFT] > > Visit team blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/bcm > > > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights > > "Craig Austin (MSFT)" <CraigAustinMSFT[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in > > message news:3CE0B84C-A057-4996-8FB2-28771873598D[ at ]microsoft.com... > > > Mike, > > > > > > Business Contact Manager does not allow form customization in this way. > > > To > > > customize your BCM forms, go to Tools -> Forms -> Customize Forms... From > > > here you can create custom fields which will appear on the BCM forms. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Craig > > > > > > "Mike" wrote: > > > > > >> When I try to design the business contact form in the personal forms > > >> section > > >> the for opens in design view with all blank except for a message saying > > >> "Business contact unable to initialize this form"...what do I do? TY > > > >