Copy Contact field to Appointment Custom Form Field

[George Z]

This is proving to be more challenging than I expected. Via the help of this forum I have a custom appointment form and use a VBA macro to copy data from contact fields, to the default appointment fields.

How do I copy the "Company" field (from contacts) to a text box field in my custom appointment form via the VBA macro? As you can see in my code below I am already copying the "Company Name" to the Appt Subject Field. However I am unable to get this copied to the custom form field.

From what I am seeing changing a value is something like this:

MyItem.UserProperties.Find("Customer Name").Value = "objContact.CompanyName".



Sub CreateMeetingatContactLocation()

Dim oOL As Outlook.Application
Dim NS As Outlook.NameSpace
Dim objOwner As Outlook.Recipient
Dim objAppt As Outlook.AppointmentItem
Dim objAppointment As Outlook.AppointmentItem
Dim objContact As Outlook.ContactItem
Dim strPhone As String
Dim strBody As String


Set NS = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set objOwner = NS.CreateRecipient("customerdb@beatonindustrial.com")
objOwner.Resolve

If objOwner.Resolved Then
'MsgBox objOwner.Name
Set newCalFolder = NS.GetSharedDefaultFolder(objOwner, olFolderCalendar)
End If

Set oOL = Outlook.Application
Set objAppt = newCalFolder.Items.Add("IPM.Appointment.Beaton Service Form 4.9")
Set objContact = oOL.ActiveExplorer.Selection.Item(1)

' Use Company for Location
If objContact.CompanyName <> "" Then
objAppt.Subject = inputdata & " , " & inputdata5 & ", " & objContact.CompanyName & ", - OR - " & objContact.FullName & " , Phone: " & objContact.BusinessTelephoneNumber & " , Cell: " & objContact.MobileTelephoneNumber

' Use Business address if available, else home address
If objContact.BusinessAddress <> "" Then
objAppt.Location = objContact.BusinessAddressStreet & "," & objContact.BusinessAddressCity & "," & objContact.BusinessAddressState & "," & objContact.BusinessAddressPostalCode
strPhone = objContact.BusinessTelephoneNumber
Else

objAppt.Location = objContact.HomeAddressStreet & ", " & objContact.HomeAddressCity & " " & objContact.HomeAddressState & " " & objContact.HomeAddressPostalCode
strPhone = objContact.HomeTelephoneNumber

MyItem.UserProperties.Find("Customer Name").Value = "objContact.CompanyName"

 

[Diane Poremsky]

This won't have quotes: "objContact.CompanyName"

See if this works:
MyItem.UserProperties("Customer Name") = objContact.CompanyName

if the field doesn't yet exist, use this to create the field and add to it:

Dim objProp As Outlook.UserProperty
Set objProp = obj.UserProperties.Add("Customer Name", olText, True)
         objProp.Value = objContact.CompanyName
        obj.Save

 

[George Z]

So so long getting back to you. Could not get either working. I tried to figure it out today and Friday last week without luck. I have created the field "Customer Name" as a text field on my custom form. Was not 100% if I had to Dim the MyItem so I tried with and without the Dim. Below is my full code as I have it now. Let me know if you seen anything suspect. Macro runs without error though no company name in the company name field.

Sub CreateMeetingatContactLocation()

Dim oOL As Outlook.Application
Dim NS As Outlook.NameSpace
Dim objOwner As Outlook.Recipient
Dim objAppt As Outlook.AppointmentItem
Dim objAppointment As Outlook.AppointmentItem
Dim objContact As Outlook.ContactItem
Dim strPhone As String
Dim strBody As String
Dim myItem As Outlook.UserProperty


Set NS = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set objOwner = NS.CreateRecipient("customerdb@beatonindustrial.com")
objOwner.Resolve

If objOwner.Resolved Then
'MsgBox objOwner.Name
Set newCalFolder = NS.GetSharedDefaultFolder(objOwner, olFolderCalendar)
End If

Set oOL = Outlook.Application
Set objAppt = newCalFolder.Items.Add("IPM.Appointment.Beaton Service Form 4.9")
Set objContact = oOL.ActiveExplorer.Selection.Item(1)




inputdata = InputBox("Please Enter Service Technican and Van Number in the FollowinG Format 14 MM/TS")
inputdata1 = InputBox("Please Enter a Descpiption of the Problem")
inputdata2 = InputBox("If a Man Lift is Required to Complete Service please note if lift will be provided by Beaton or Customer. If no Manlift is Needed enter Not Required")
inputdata3 = InputBox("Please Enter Company Hours of Operation to Complete Service")
inputdata4 = InputBox("Please Enter Location and Status of Required Parts if Applicable. Enter N/A if Not Applicable.")
inputdata5 = InputBox("Please Enter the Priority Level of Equipment Failure and Date Customer is Expecting Service")
inputdata6 = InputBox("Please Enter any Other Additional Notes Relevant to Service Request, Customer Expectation, and or Technical Details")
inputdata7 = InputBox("Add Dropbox Link for any Related File Attachments")

' Use Company for Location
If objContact.CompanyName <> "" Then
objAppt.Subject = inputdata & " , " & inputdata5 & ", " & objContact.CompanyName & ", - OR - " & objContact.FullName & " , Phone: " & objContact.BusinessTelephoneNumber & " , Cell: " & objContact.MobileTelephoneNumber

' Use Business address if available, else home address
If objContact.BusinessAddress <> "" Then
objAppt.Location = objContact.BusinessAddressStreet & "," & objContact.BusinessAddressCity & "," & objContact.BusinessAddressState & "," & objContact.BusinessAddressPostalCode
strPhone = objContact.BusinessTelephoneNumber
Else

objAppt.Location = objContact.HomeAddressStreet & ", " & objContact.HomeAddressCity & " " & objContact.HomeAddressState & " " & objContact.HomeAddressPostalCode
strPhone = objContact.HomeTelephoneNumber


myItem.UserProperties("Customer Name") = objContact.CompanyName


End If

' Add contact's name and phone number to the body
objAppt.Body = "DESCRIPTION OF PROBLEM: " & inputdata1 & vbNewLine & vbNewLine & "MANLIFT: " & inputdata2 & vbNewLine & vbNewLine & "HOURS OF OPERATION: " & inputdata3 & vbNewLine & vbNewLine & "REQUIRED PARTS AND STATUS: " & inputdata4 & vbNewLine & vbNewLine & "ADDITIONAL NOTES: " & inputdata6 & vbNewLine & vbNewLine & "FILE ATTACHMENTS: " & inputdata7

objAppt.Display




Set objAppointment = Nothing
If objAppointment Is Nothing Then
With objAppt
.AllDayEvent = True
.BusyStatus = olBusy




End With
End If

Set objContact = Nothing
Set oOL = Nothing

End If

End Sub