Form size questions

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I am using Outlook 2003 on a Windows XP computer.

I have designed a new form (called no-off) from the default Message form.
All I did was add one field under "Subject": "Billing Information". That
field was added to both Read and Compose.

I published the form to my Personal Forms Library, then did the exact same
process above, except I check the box to save the definition with the form
(called one-off). I then published it to the same location.

When I go to choose a form, the size of "no-off" is 32755 bytes while the
size of "one-off" is 32751 bytes. Is my "no-off" form larger than it should
be? I read that forms are generally 300-500 bytes. I also had a user
connected through a cell GPRS card that said it took a few seconds to
download the form when I emailed him using it.

Is this the expected file size? Am I doing something to one-off my "no-off"
form? It doesn't contain any code, I just added a field through the design
interface.
 
Where are you looking at the size?

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
Funny that you replied today...I've postponed this project for more important
until this morning when I started working on it again. What a coincedence.

I go to Tools>Forms>Choose Form. In the Choose Form window it shows Form
Name, Last Modified, and Size. This is the size I'm referring to.
 
Those sizes sound about right for both, since there is little difference between them.

The "300-500 bytes" might have referred to the overhead of using a published custom form to send a message. If you use a one-off form, though, the size of the message would increase by the full size of the form, which would be embedded in the message.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
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