Change from Customer Form Tab to Appointment Form Tab

I need to know a way to detect when a user "clicks" on the Appointment Tab.
I have a custom form the user fills in. Some of the fields are put on the
Appointment Form from these fields. When the user clicks on the Appointment
Tab to switch to the Appointment Form, how can I detect this (clicking on the
Appointment Tab) so I can update the fields on the Appointment Form?

Outlook doesn't provide any event in that scenario. Why not just update the Appointment tab when the user fills in the other data?

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"lorenmcguire" <lorenmcguire@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:954E7662-551E-402F-A1AA-CB583470665D@microsoft.com...
>I need to know a way to detect when a user "clicks" on the Appointment Tab.
> I have a custom form the user fills in. Some of the fields are put on the
> Appointment Form from these fields. When the user clicks on the Appointment
> Tab to switch to the Appointment Form, how can I detect this (clicking on the
> Appointment Tab) so I can update the fields on the Appointment Form?

I would like to do this, but one of the fields posts directly to the message
body of the Appointment field. I have not figured out a way to detect a text
entry in this field that will show up as a change. As an example, there is a
text entry field on the custom form, when the user types something here, the
message body on the Appointment form is updated. Unfortunately, the only way
I have been able to do this is if the user clicks on other fields I have
created or actually sends the Appointment. If the user makes other changes
AFTER they input text in this field, I can update it. If the user makes
changes in the text field then just clicks on the Appointment tab, I can't
detect any change. This was why I was looking to see if there was a way to
detect when the user changes forms (from the custom form to the Appointment
form).

Thanks

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

> Outlook doesn't provide any event in that scenario. Why not just update the Appointment tab when the user fills in the other data?
>
> --
> Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
> Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
> http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
> and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
> Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
> http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx
>
>
> "lorenmcguire" <lorenmcguire@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:954E7662-551E-402F-A1AA-CB583470665D@microsoft.com...
> >I need to know a way to detect when a user "clicks" on the Appointment Tab.
> > I have a custom form the user fills in. Some of the fields are put on the
> > Appointment Form from these fields. When the user clicks on the Appointment
> > Tab to switch to the Appointment Form, how can I detect this (clicking on the
> > Appointment Tab) so I can update the fields on the Appointment Form?
>

By "text entry field," do you mean an unbound text box control? If so, consider making it a bound control, so you can use the CustomPropertyChange event.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"lorenmcguire" <lorenmcguire@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:91747170-E979-43F4-9DBD-97335056E912@microsoft.com...
>I would like to do this, but one of the fields posts directly to the message
> body of the Appointment field. I have not figured out a way to detect a text
> entry in this field that will show up as a change. As an example, there is a
> text entry field on the custom form, when the user types something here, the
> message body on the Appointment form is updated. Unfortunately, the only way
> I have been able to do this is if the user clicks on other fields I have
> created or actually sends the Appointment. If the user makes other changes
> AFTER they input text in this field, I can update it. If the user makes
> changes in the text field then just clicks on the Appointment tab, I can't
> detect any change. This was why I was looking to see if there was a way to
> detect when the user changes forms (from the custom form to the Appointment
> form).
>
> Thanks
>
> "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>
>> Outlook doesn't provide any event in that scenario. Why not just update the Appointment tab when the user fills in the other data?

>>
>> "lorenmcguire" <lorenmcguire@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:954E7662-551E-402F-A1AA-CB583470665D@microsoft.com...
>> >I need to know a way to detect when a user "clicks" on the Appointment Tab.
>> > I have a custom form the user fills in. Some of the fields are put on the
>> > Appointment Form from these fields. When the user clicks on the Appointment
>> > Tab to switch to the Appointment Form, how can I detect this (clicking on the
>> > Appointment Tab) so I can update the fields on the Appointment Form?
>>