Hi There..

I have been looking for a while to do this, but all attempts fail
programmatically, so I hope someone might have an answer (better way)
to do this.

I have a Public folder created as a Mail/Post. This public folder has
an email address. People out side the company send to this Public
folder. The item of course is displayed in the MAIL form look. What
happens then, is someone sorts this email out and "drags" the item
into a corresponding folder underneath this Public Folder.

Ok, at some stage, I need to use my custom mail looking form, or have
the Item saved in my custom form when it arrives or when the item is
dragged into one of the subdirectories below it, it inherits my form.

What is so special about my form.. ONE FIELD. I need at any stage
above, for my ONE FIELD to get a 0 (zero) placed into it so some VBA
scipts run against these.

I have been using a FOLDER USER-DEFINED FIELD to try this out, but I
cannot reference it (through VBA script) unless the same field name
exists on the form.

I have tested this by applying my form (by using the design this form
and saving it with the one field and the 0 in it) and my VBA scripts
work fine, and I can read the folder user-defined field.

Can anyone think of an idea to help me out? Can I use an exisiting
field, but change the Column header?

Thanks..
Robert

Best solution would be to use an Exchange event sink to convert incoming
items to your form as they arrive and also set the value of that custom
field.

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


"Robert Brown" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi There..
>
> I have been looking for a while to do this, but all attempts fail
> programmatically, so I hope someone might have an answer (better way)
> to do this.
>
> I have a Public folder created as a Mail/Post. This public folder has
> an email address. People out side the company send to this Public
> folder. The item of course is displayed in the MAIL form look. What
> happens then, is someone sorts this email out and "drags" the item
> into a corresponding folder underneath this Public Folder.
>
> Ok, at some stage, I need to use my custom mail looking form, or have
> the Item saved in my custom form when it arrives or when the item is
> dragged into one of the subdirectories below it, it inherits my form.
>
> What is so special about my form.. ONE FIELD. I need at any stage
> above, for my ONE FIELD to get a 0 (zero) placed into it so some VBA
> scipts run against these.
>
> I have been using a FOLDER USER-DEFINED FIELD to try this out, but I
> cannot reference it (through VBA script) unless the same field name
> exists on the form.
>
> I have tested this by applying my form (by using the design this form
> and saving it with the one field and the 0 in it) and my VBA scripts
> work fine, and I can read the folder user-defined field.
>
> Can anyone think of an idea to help me out? Can I use an exisiting
> field, but change the Column header?
>
> Thanks..
> Robert

Thanks Sue..

Since posting the question I have basically found that that seems to
be the only way. I have seen some "commercial dlls" that will do it,
but is there any "free" examples of how to do it?

Thanks again,
Robert




"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>...
> Best solution would be to use an Exchange event sink to convert incoming
> items to your form as they arrive and also set the value of that custom
> field.
>
> --
> Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
> Author of
> Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
> Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
> http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx
>
>
> "Robert Brown" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi There..
> >
> > I have been looking for a while to do this, but all attempts fail
> > programmatically, so I hope someone might have an answer (better way)
> > to do this.
> >
> > I have a Public folder created as a Mail/Post. This public folder has
> > an email address. People out side the company send to this Public
> > folder. The item of course is displayed in the MAIL form look. What
> > happens then, is someone sorts this email out and "drags" the item
> > into a corresponding folder underneath this Public Folder.
> >
> > Ok, at some stage, I need to use my custom mail looking form, or have
> > the Item saved in my custom form when it arrives or when the item is
> > dragged into one of the subdirectories below it, it inherits my form.
> >
> > What is so special about my form.. ONE FIELD. I need at any stage
> > above, for my ONE FIELD to get a 0 (zero) placed into it so some VBA
> > scipts run against these.
> >
> > I have been using a FOLDER USER-DEFINED FIELD to try this out, but I
> > cannot reference it (through VBA script) unless the same field name
> > exists on the form.
> >
> > I have tested this by applying my form (by using the design this form
> > and saving it with the one field and the 0 in it) and my VBA scripts
> > work fine, and I can read the folder user-defined field.
> >
> > Can anyone think of an idea to help me out? Can I use an exisiting
> > field, but change the Column header?
> >
> > Thanks..
> > Robert

Hi Robert,

I guess you have already seen the ChangeMessageClass application:
http://www.ivasoft.biz/cmclass.html
Please contact me directly (victor.ivanidze(at)ivasoft.biz) if you wish to
change it to fit your requrements.

--
Regards,

Victor Ivanidze,
software developer
www.ivasoft.biz



"Robert Brown" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks Sue..
>
> Since posting the question I have basically found that that seems to
> be the only way. I have seen some "commercial dlls" that will do it,
> but is there any "free" examples of how to do it?
>
> Thanks again,
> Robert
>
>
>
>
> "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:<(E-Mail Removed)>...
> > Best solution would be to use an Exchange event sink to convert incoming
> > items to your form as they arrive and also set the value of that custom
> > field.
> >
> > --
> > Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
> > Author of
> > Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
> > Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
> > http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx
> >
> >
> > "Robert Brown" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Hi There..
> > >
> > > I have been looking for a while to do this, but all attempts fail
> > > programmatically, so I hope someone might have an answer (better way)
> > > to do this.
> > >
> > > I have a Public folder created as a Mail/Post. This public folder has
> > > an email address. People out side the company send to this Public
> > > folder. The item of course is displayed in the MAIL form look. What
> > > happens then, is someone sorts this email out and "drags" the item
> > > into a corresponding folder underneath this Public Folder.
> > >
> > > Ok, at some stage, I need to use my custom mail looking form, or have
> > > the Item saved in my custom form when it arrives or when the item is
> > > dragged into one of the subdirectories below it, it inherits my form.
> > >
> > > What is so special about my form.. ONE FIELD. I need at any stage
> > > above, for my ONE FIELD to get a 0 (zero) placed into it so some VBA
> > > scipts run against these.
> > >
> > > I have been using a FOLDER USER-DEFINED FIELD to try this out, but I
> > > cannot reference it (through VBA script) unless the same field name
> > > exists on the form.
> > >
> > > I have tested this by applying my form (by using the design this form
> > > and saving it with the one field and the 0 in it) and my VBA scripts
> > > work fine, and I can read the folder user-defined field.
> > >
> > > Can anyone think of an idea to help me out? Can I use an exisiting
> > > field, but change the Column header?
> > >
> > > Thanks..
> > > Robert

I haven't seen any, but if you want to write your own, the docs start at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/exchange/
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"Robert Brown" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks Sue..
>
> Since posting the question I have basically found that that seems to
> be the only way. I have seen some "commercial dlls" that will do it,
> but is there any "free" examples of how to do it?
>
> Thanks again,
> Robert
>
>
>
>
> "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:<(E-Mail Removed)>...
> > Best solution would be to use an Exchange event sink to convert incoming
> > items to your form as they arrive and also set the value of that custom
> > field.

> >
> >
> > "Robert Brown" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Hi There..
> > >
> > > I have been looking for a while to do this, but all attempts fail
> > > programmatically, so I hope someone might have an answer (better way)
> > > to do this.
> > >
> > > I have a Public folder created as a Mail/Post. This public folder has
> > > an email address. People out side the company send to this Public
> > > folder. The item of course is displayed in the MAIL form look. What
> > > happens then, is someone sorts this email out and "drags" the item
> > > into a corresponding folder underneath this Public Folder.
> > >
> > > Ok, at some stage, I need to use my custom mail looking form, or have
> > > the Item saved in my custom form when it arrives or when the item is
> > > dragged into one of the subdirectories below it, it inherits my form.
> > >
> > > What is so special about my form.. ONE FIELD. I need at any stage
> > > above, for my ONE FIELD to get a 0 (zero) placed into it so some VBA
> > > scipts run against these.
> > >
> > > I have been using a FOLDER USER-DEFINED FIELD to try this out, but I
> > > cannot reference it (through VBA script) unless the same field name
> > > exists on the form.
> > >
> > > I have tested this by applying my form (by using the design this form
> > > and saving it with the one field and the 0 in it) and my VBA scripts
> > > work fine, and I can read the folder user-defined field.
> > >
> > > Can anyone think of an idea to help me out? Can I use an exisiting
> > > field, but change the Column header?
> > >
> > > Thanks..
> > > Robert