OL2000: Find Items Fails When User Field Matches Built-in Field
Article ID: 197784
Article Last Modified on 10/8/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q197784
SYMPTOMS
If you create a Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI) form
that contains a field with the same name as one of the default fields in
Outlook, the Find Items feature may not find any items that meet your
search criteria.
CAUSE
The Find Items feature only looks at a field's name, rather than looking at
the field Set ID. Under normal circumstances, forms created in Outlook do
not have this problem because it will not let you add a user-defined
field with the same name as an Outlook field.
MORE INFORMATION
By using an program other than Outlook, it is possible to create a MAPI
form that contains a field with the same name as one of the default fields
in Outlook. With the Find Items feature in Outlook, you are able to find
items based on your MAPI form. If you try to search on a field with the
same name as one of the default fields in Outlook, the search results will
be empty.
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