How do I create a very simple form?

[JOHN MCCARTHY]

Using outlook I've some what "Designed" a form using
the "Standard Form Library" but when the form is sent the
receipent does not get any fields or values.

Can anyone tell me how to ensure that the field text
block I insert and the value the users fills in the box
is configured so when it is sent to the receipent the
receipent get some sort of data?

As it is now the body/content is blank completly.

A million thanks
John
Note: Outlook 2000 client Exchange 5.5 server

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

When you are in form design mode, you should see two buttons on the toolbar for Edit Compose Layout and Edit Read Layout. A message form has dual layouts by default. You can copy and paste controls from one layout to the other.

Let's back up and talk about usage. This sounds like a message form that multiple people will be using to send data back and forth. Do you have permission to publish to the Organizational Forms library? Do you expect your form to need functionality that can be delivered only with code behind the form?

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[JOHN MCCARTHY]

Hi Sue,

This will basically be a trouble ticket form. Yes, I have
permissions to publish to the Organizational Froms
Library.

If it is easy just to accept the values or answers the
custoemrs type in to the questions then I'll accept that.

Really all I need is a simple form / template which users
will fill out to answer typical questions.

Sue thanks for any help you can provide,
John

-----Original Message-----
When you are in form design mode, you should see two

buttons on the toolbar for Edit Compose Layout and Edit
Read Layout. A message form has dual layouts by default.
You can copy and paste controls from one layout to the
other.

Let's back up and talk about usage. This sounds like a

message form that multiple people will be using to send
data back and forth. Do you have permission to publish to
the Organizational Forms library? Do you expect your form
to need functionality that can be delivered only with code
behind the form?

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers


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[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

Good. If you can publish to Org Forms, then everyone can use the form. As explained earlier, you'll want to lay out a read view or merge the read and compose layouts into a single view. Form basics at http://www.slipstick.com/dev/forms.htm and message form specifics at http://www.slipstick.com/dev/messageform.htm
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers