This is BCM data? You need to follow its procedure to add fields through the UI; see http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb267997.aspx and http://blogs.msdn.com/bcm/archive/20...izing-bcm.aspx.

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"Vbasiccode" wrote in message news

When i goto Application/Developer tab/ All Fields tab
Select from User-defined fields in this item, the field is not listed so i
click the new button and add the new field 'Carrier', text when i click OK I
get the error mesage
"A field with this name already exists in the 'User-defined fields in
folder" fields set. Enter a different name.

So it does not appear i can add it to both places.

it is however listed in the item list if i first open the new form region
first, then look at the all fields tab.

I must be missing some link between the data attached to the Form Region
screen and the data stored in the parent form (Acount form)

Thanks for you contuing help

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Sounds like or the folder-level field definition is not the same as the item-level field definition. They need to have exactly the same name and data type.

"Vbasiccode" wrote in message ...

The fields seem to be empty, but these are the same fields i added earlier
and added data to from my external application.
once again i can see that data when i open the form region.


"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

It might be useful to add the field to a view's columns and see what the field actually contains, before trying to use it in a filter.


"Vbasiccode" wrote in message ...
I now have a form region, and i can now talk to the User Properties from an
external application. So the next natural step would be to filture both views
and reports by the user properties.
When i create a new custom view i can select from he "user defined field in
folder"
mark the fields for display. Using the filter i can go to the advance tab
select the field button selecting the UDF and add the condition
example
'Total Premium' 'is more then' 0

click OK and work my way out

But for some reason no records are returned. It does not seem to see the
data stored in the 'Total Premium' field.

How can you both view and filter on UDFs for both views and reports?