Why cancel it? That will obviously fire Item_Open a second time when the
custom form is opened. If that custom form is published, necessary anyway,
just set the MessageClass of the newly opened item to your custom
MessageClass. That will open the item in your custom form and not end up
firing a second Open event.

Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Professional Programming Outlook 2007
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options
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<parasbits2k@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> One more thing i forgot to mention. If I comment the "Cancel = true"
> statement, it works fine and opens the selected contact without firing
> the event again.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paras.
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