Modifying fields in shared BCM2007 yehia[ at ]iinet.net.au 2/5/2007 12:06:54 AM Hi All, just a quick question with regards to BCM2007 in shared mode. I've i modify forms, will the changes be pushed out to all the other machines as well or are the changes to the forms only local? KInd Regards,

Re: Modifying fields in shared BCM2007 "Luther" <enowning[ at ]gmail.com> 2/5/2007 1:25:43 PM On Feb 4, 4:06 pm, y...[ at ]iinet.net.au wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hi All, > > just a quick question with regards to BCM2007 in shared mode. > > I've i modify forms, will the changes be pushed out to all the other > machines as well or are the changes to the forms only local? > > KInd Regards, When you modify the user fields in BCM, that information is stored in the database, and will be used by all of the database's shared users. I don't know when that data gets refreshed; if its everytime you open a form. But at a minimum, everytime you start Outlook, BCM will fetch the latest user fields information from the database.

Re: Modifying fields in shared BCM2007 yehia[ at ]iinet.net.au 2/6/2007 12:55:11 AM Thanks again Luther, your help with this and other queries are greatly appreciated. On Feb 6, 12:25 am, "Luther" <enown...[ at ]gmail.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > On Feb 4, 4:06 pm, y...[ at ]iinet.net.au wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > just a quick question with regards to BCM2007 in shared mode. > > > I've i modify forms, will the changes be pushed out to all the other > > machines as well or are the changes to the forms only local? > > > KInd Regards, > > When you modify the user fields in BCM, that information is stored in > the database, and will be used by all of the database's shared users. > I don't know when that data gets refreshed; if its everytime you open > a form. But at a minimum, everytime you start Outlook, BCM will fetch > the latest user fields information from the database.

Re: Modifying fields in shared BCM2007 "Ron Mondri [MSFT]" <ronmond[ at ]online.microsoft.com> 2/6/2007 5:55:53 PM The BCM clients should get updated immediately: they poll for DB changes every second and will pick up the schema change at that time. --- This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. ------------------------------------------------------------- "Luther" <enowning[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message news:1170681942.205334.243280[ at ]s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > On Feb 4, 4:06 pm, y...[ at ]iinet.net.au wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> just a quick question with regards to BCM2007 in shared mode. >> >> I've i modify forms, will the changes be pushed out to all the other >> machines as well or are the changes to the forms only local? >> >> KInd Regards, > > When you modify the user fields in BCM, that information is stored in > the database, and will be used by all of the database's shared users. > I don't know when that data gets refreshed; if its everytime you open > a form. But at a minimum, everytime you start Outlook, BCM will fetch > the latest user fields information from the database. >

Re: Modifying fields in shared BCM2007 "Lon Orenstein" <Lon[ at ]pinpointtools.com> 2/6/2007 11:54:07 PM Yehia: You first asked about "forms" and they answered about "fields". Did you customize BCM forms or the database schema (add additional fields)? Ron: as BCM polls for database changes and updates the schema, will it update the offline database's schema stored on a laptop also? Or, does that happen when it synchs? Thanks, Lon -- _________________________________________________ Lon Orenstein pinpointtools Lon[ at ]pinpointtools.com www.pinpointtools.com "Ron Mondri [MSFT]" <ronmond[ at ]online.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1AF2EC4D-39D7-4606-858D-B6F2CCEC0C4C[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > The BCM clients should get updated immediately: they poll for DB changes > every second and will pick up the schema change at that time. > > --- > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no > rights. > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > "Luther" <enowning[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message > news:1170681942.205334.243280[ at ]s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com... >> On Feb 4, 4:06 pm, y...[ at ]iinet.net.au wrote: >>> Hi All, >>> >>> just a quick question with regards to BCM2007 in shared mode. >>> >>> I've i modify forms, will the changes be pushed out to all the other >>> machines as well or are the changes to the forms only local? >>> >>> KInd Regards, >> >> When you modify the user fields in BCM, that information is stored in >> the database, and will be used by all of the database's shared users. >> I don't know when that data gets refreshed; if its everytime you open >> a form. But at a minimum, everytime you start Outlook, BCM will fetch >> the latest user fields information from the database. >> >

Re: Modifying fields in shared BCM2007 yehia[ at ]iinet.net.au 2/7/2007 4:41:29 AM Hi Lon, By modifying a form i had meant adding user defined fields to the existing form. Once you add a field i believe the database schema is also modified on the SQL server. I have not found a way to actually modify the form physically, as in modify layout and/or the existing defualt fields. If you know of a way i would appreciate some references. Cheers, On Feb 7, 10:54 am, "Lon Orenstein" <L...[ at ]pinpointtools.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > Yehia: > > You first asked about "forms" and they answered about "fields". Did you > customize BCM forms or the database schema (add additional fields)? > > Ron: as BCM polls for database changes and updates the schema, will it > update the offline database's schema stored on a laptop also? Or, does that > happen when it synchs? > > Thanks, > Lon > > -- > _________________________________________________ > Lon Orenstein > pinpointtools > L...[ at ]pinpointtools.comwww.pinpointtools.com > > "Ron Mondri [MSFT]" <ronm...[ at ]online.microsoft.com> wrote in messagenews:1AF2EC4D-39D7-4606-858D-B6F2CCEC0C4C[ at ]microsoft.com... > > > > > The BCM clients should get updated immediately: they poll for DB changes > > every second and will pick up the schema change at that time. > > > --- > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no > > rights. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > "Luther" <enown...[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message > >news:1170681942.205334.243280[ at ]s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com... > >> On Feb 4, 4:06 pm, y...[ at ]iinet.net.au wrote: > >>> Hi All, > > >>> just a quick question with regards to BCM2007 in shared mode. > > >>> I've i modify forms, will the changes be pushed out to all the other > >>> machines as well or are the changes to the forms only local? > > >>> KInd Regards, > > >> When you modify the user fields in BCM, that information is stored in > >> the database, and will be used by all of the database's shared users. > >> I don't know when that data gets refreshed; if its everytime you open > >> a form. But at a minimum, everytime you start Outlook, BCM will fetch > >> the latest user fields information from the database.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -

Re: Modifying fields in shared BCM2007 "Lon Orenstein" <Lon[ at ]pinpointtools.com> 2/7/2007 4:21:59 PM I'm trying to get more info but it's hard to find... In the Outlook newsgroup, the generally accepted wisdom is that "it's possible" but not easy and not too reliable, especially getting multiple users in your workgroup all on the same form. If I get some concrete info, I'll post again... Thanks, Lon -- _________________________________________________ Lon Orenstein pinpointtools Lon[ at ]pinpointtools.com www.pinpointtools.com <yehia[ at ]iinet.net.au> wrote in message news:1170823289.586383.78560[ at ]k78g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > Hi Lon, > > By modifying a form i had meant adding user defined fields to the > existing form. Once you add a field i believe the database schema is > also modified on the SQL server. > > I have not found a way to actually modify the form physically, as in > modify layout and/or the existing defualt fields. If you know of a way > i would appreciate some references. > > Cheers, > > > > On Feb 7, 10:54 am, "Lon Orenstein" <L...[ at ]pinpointtools.com> wrote: >> Yehia: >> >> You first asked about "forms" and they answered about "fields". Did you >> customize BCM forms or the database schema (add additional fields)? >> >> Ron: as BCM polls for database changes and updates the schema, will it >> update the offline database's schema stored on a laptop also? Or, does >> that >> happen when it synchs? >> >> Thanks, >> Lon >> >> -- >> _________________________________________________ >> Lon Orenstein >> pinpointtools >> L...[ at ]pinpointtools.comwww.pinpointtools.com >> >> "Ron Mondri [MSFT]" <ronm...[ at ]online.microsoft.com> wrote in >> messagenews:1AF2EC4D-39D7-4606-858D-B6F2CCEC0C4C[ at ]microsoft.com... >> >> >> >> > The BCM clients should get updated immediately: they poll for DB >> > changes >> > every second and will pick up the schema change at that time. >> >> > --- >> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no >> > rights. >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> > "Luther" <enown...[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message >> >news:1170681942.205334.243280[ at ]s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com... >> >> On Feb 4, 4:06 pm, y...[ at ]iinet.net.au wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >> >> >>> just a quick question with regards to BCM2007 in shared mode. >> >> >>> I've i modify forms, will the changes be pushed out to all the other >> >>> machines as well or are the changes to the forms only local? >> >> >>> KInd Regards, >> >> >> When you modify the user fields in BCM, that information is stored in >> >> the database, and will be used by all of the database's shared users. >> >> I don't know when that data gets refreshed; if its everytime you open >> >> a form. But at a minimum, everytime you start Outlook, BCM will fetch >> >> the latest user fields information from the database.- Hide quoted >> >> text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > >