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Provides
links to the “world” outside of OutlookCRM:
- Internet links
- Intranet links
- Display a file or
directory
- Run a program and
pass the program data from the form
- Any data from the
form (or linked Contact or Company) may be passed these functions.
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Examples:
- Display a stock
chart for the Contact’s company (using the company’s stock symbol)
- Display package
tracking information
- Display internet
news service information for the linked company
- Run an “ASP” web
page
- Launch one of
your applications and pass the application information from the form
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May be run
from the “OutlookCRM” menu (as pictured above) for the Contact of any
selected item (Email from a contact or any OutlookCRM form that is linked
to a Contact).
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May be run
from the “OutlookCRM” menu for the “Active Contact”
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Also located
on each OutlookCRM Extensions form (with “CRM Functions”) and, when
launched from a form, will use the data from the form it was launched form
(including the linked Contact or Company).
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These
“External Functions” are a very unique way to link OutlookCRM with your
current computing environment.
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Options for
External Functions are set and managed in the OutlookCRM Options
Manager
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