In the contact view filter for Outlook 2007, the functionality of the
user-defined DASL filter has been rendered essentially useless, most likely
due to an accidental deletion of relevant code. In Outlook 2003, one can use
hierarchical criteria to establish a view filter. In 2007, although there is
a DASL tab and the data may be edited, an error will result if the criteria
are more complex than what are available from the other tabs. Error handling
is mixed; there have usually been harmless notices that the DASL filter is
too complex, but once it displayed a generic error message and corrupted my
contacts database.

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If you have a retail version of Office/Outlook 2007, I suggest that you file a support incident on this issue. This is the best way to let Microsoft know that there's a problem with the application. Making a suggestion here isn't going to do anything, especially not without exact, detailed steps to reproduce the problem. Unlimited support for Office/Outlook 2007 is free for the first 90 days after activation. See http://support.microsoft.com/gp/vista_supoffnew for more information on this support policy.
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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54


"ericmkcc" wrote in message ...
In the contact view filter for Outlook 2007, the functionality of the
user-defined DASL filter has been rendered essentially useless, most likely
due to an accidental deletion of relevant code. In Outlook 2003, one can use
hierarchical criteria to establish a view filter. In 2007, although there is
a DASL tab and the data may be edited, an error will result if the criteria
are more complex than what are available from the other tabs. Error handling
is mixed; there have usually been harmless notices that the DASL filter is
too complex, but once it displayed a generic error message and corrupted my
contacts database.

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...tlook.contacts