I want to create a Outlook form that limits the number of characters that can
be placed in the message. The idea is that I could use this form to send
e-mail messages to my mobile phone from the office or home without having to
worry about dropping important information.

There are plug-in's but they are meant to have Outlook talk to the phone
directly, which is not what I want. Essentially it's an e-mail to mobile
phone form. My phone limits e-mails/SMS messages to 146 characters.

Remove the message control from the form and add a multi-line text box where the user will type their message. On the Advanced Properties dialog for the box, set its MaxLength property.

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


"Technoguppy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:76C5B458-45CE-4EF8-8F5F-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I want to create a Outlook form that limits the number of characters that can
> be placed in the message. The idea is that I could use this form to send
> e-mail messages to my mobile phone from the office or home without having to
> worry about dropping important information.
>
> There are plug-in's but they are meant to have Outlook talk to the phone
> directly, which is not what I want. Essentially it's an e-mail to mobile
> phone form. My phone limits e-mails/SMS messages to 146 characters.