designing forms

[Guest]

I want to create a form for my contacts. What I would like to do is include a
spouse's birthday and children of my contacts birthday(s) with drop down
boxes for calander dates so that they automaticlly show up as re-occurences
as they do for my clients birthdays. iIs there a way for me to do this? and
can I get specific instructions on how to?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Outlook itself does not include any date picker control (which, by the way, is one reason why the first page of the appointment, journal, and task forms is not editable). See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/datepick.htm for controls you can add.

Also, you'd have to write VBScript code behind the form to create appointments for each extra date field. I'd recommend using the Item_Write event handler.

FYI, there is a newsgroup specifically for Outlook forms issues "down the hall" at microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms or, via web interface, at http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...spx?dg=microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

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