custom form forwarding

[Guest]

Hi
I am trying to use a forward action on a template, so that when a user has a
mail selected, and clicks forward, the template will launch with the selected
mail information within the template. I have tried all sorts of things from
creating toolbar buttons, to publishing forms and a whole lot of reading, but
seem to be getting nowhere.

The nuts and bolts of it: We have a group of users who receive a similar
type of e-mail everyday (a bit like an invoice) which then gets checked and
verified and the document gets printed, signed etc and handed to another
group for action. The group doing the action are going to another location,
and they now want this setup as a solution whereby the incoming mail can be
checked and verified and sent on via mail to the action group.

So far, I have a template with a few controls on it (a simple oft) and it is
what they're looking to use. The only thing now, is to create a button that
the users can click on which will:
Contain the contents of whatever e-mail was selected at the time of clicking
the button
Set a few options on the form
Sent the form

Creating the button is fairly simple, but I cannot make it use whatever the
selected item was and populate the message area on the form.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Many thanks

 

[Guest]

If I understand your problem correctly, you should be able to do what you
want if you follow these steps:

- open your custom form in design mode
- click the Actions tab and double-click the Forward action
- choose either "Message" or a custom form in the 'Form Name' combo box
- choose "Include original message text" in the 'When responding' combo box

Note that this assumes the item you are selecting is based on a custom form.
If it is not, you'd have to code a VBA macro to create a fowarded MailItem
object that you can completely customize with code.