Is this for a public folder? A folder in each user's mailbox?

The simplest approach is probably to use a folder home page (web page) with a control for the user's search string and the Outlook View Control (see http://www.outlookcode.com/d/ovc.htm) to show the folder contents.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"Casey" wrote in message ps.com...
Greetings - This is my first post to this group. I have never dealt at
all with customizing Outlook... always been an ASP and ASP.NET (VB.NET)
developer for web based applications.

But, I have a client who wants to simplfy a process in Outlook 2003.
Outlook let's you customize the calendar events that you view. Here's
what they are doing:

View Arrange By Current View Customize View

Then, in the dialog box:

Filter Advanced Field All Appointment Fields Category

Then, in the form, enter the desired value by with they want to filter
their view.

As you can see, it's a long process. They have asked me to come up
with a way to shorten it. Even if I could could create a keystroke
that would bring them right to the final screen/form, that would help a
ton. But ideally, I would like to provide a form field on the tool
bar, and when populated, would filter the view accordingly.

Please keep in mind that I currently know NOTHING about building
macro's in Outlook. Any help, hints, and points to tutorials would be
fantastic.

Thanks,

Casey