Linking contact to account does not display linked account

[Mike]

I have used VB.NET 2005 to create a new business contact and link it to an
existing account. The code runs ok and the new contact is created. When I go
to the account I can see the new contact in the list of contacts. The
problem is that the linked account does not show on the business contact
record - eg the Account field underneath 'Linked Account' is blank. Many
thanks for any assistance.

[Clinton Ford [MSFT]]

After setting the "Parent Entity EntryID" as described in this sample...
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa431883.aspx

...be sure to also set the "Parent Account Name" as in following C# code:

if (newContact1.UserProperties["Parent Account Name"] == null)
{
userProp = newContact1.UserProperties.Add("Parent Account Name", Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.OlUserPropertyType.olText,
false, false);
userProp.Value = newAccount.FirstName;
}

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[Balaji [MS]]

There is sample code for this on MSDN that works correctly. You can
find the sample code at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa431883.aspx.

[Mike]

Many thanks for your assistance.

This code does indeed link the record. The contact appears under the
account. However the account name is not displayed in the contact record. I
think you have to set the Account Name after linking the record but this
only seems to work intermittently.

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[Mike]

Sorry Clinton, I missed your posting. Thank you very much indeed for the
information. I was setting the Account name instead of the parent account
name. It all works great. Again many thanks.

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