Installing forms

[JLunis]

Outlook 2002 / XP
Moved recently from a W98 PC to the XP.
I am now trying to get the forms I used in Outlook on the W98 PC to work
on Outlook on the XP PC. Failing badly.
On the old PC, I had created a form using POST that would allow me to
enter a title, date, and message (CAUTION: lingo is very suspect). On
the XP PC, all entries show with a strike-thru. Didn't do that on the
W98 PC. Why?
How do I create a form with a Date field that, after the form is
published, I can insert any date I want? Everything I try puts the
current date in the field.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Strike-thru is controlled by an automatic formatting rule on the view. Once
you figure out what condition it's using, that should give you a clue what
might be going wrong with the form.

As long as a text box is bound to a date field and doesn't have any formula
set, you should be able to enter any date you want.

 

[JLunis]

Strike-thru is controlled by an automatic formatting rule on the view. Once
you figure out what condition it's using, that should give you a clue what
might be going wrong with the form.

As long as a text box is bound to a date field and doesn't have any formula
set, you should be able to enter any date you want.
Sue,
Strike-thru is controlled by an automatic formatting rule on the view.

Outstanding!! Something that simple and I was looking in Form Design.
Thanks a lot.

As long as a text box is bound to a date field and doesn't have any
formula set, you should be able to enter any date you want.

You'll have to explain this.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Drag any date field from the Field Chooser to your form, then right-click
the text box control that's added to the form. On the Value tab, you'll see
the name of the field to which that control is now bound. What you type in
that box will be stored in that date field, and Outlook will give you a
warning if you try to type anything other than a date.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers




\> You'll have to explain this.

 

[JLunis]

Drag any date field from the Field Chooser to your form, then right-click
the text box control that's added to the form. On the Value tab, you'll see
the name of the field to which that control is now bound. What you type in
that box will be stored in that date field, and Outlook will give you a
warning if you try to type anything other than a date.

Very good. Great progress. Now for the final? question. Everything
works now as it did except Preview Pane - its empty.
'This item contains active content that cannot be displayed in the
Preview Pane.'

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Does your form have code behind it (or has ever had code behind it)? If so,
this is normal behavior.

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


--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[JLunis]

Does your form have code behind it (or has ever had code behind it)? If so,
this is normal behavior.

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

Sue, to make sure, I created a new form off the Starard Library 'Post.'
Added the date per your instructions. I don't know any code and changed
only the 'Expired' label to 'Date.' Published it under a new form name.
Still get the 'item contains active content' message over an empty
Preview Pane. I may copy our discussion to a new post a place it on
microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms. Thanks so far.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Even if the form has never had code, in at least some versions of Outlook, a
custom form won't show anything in the preview pane. It might be possible,
with code, to remove the property that causes that, but it requires CDO (or
Redemption) and I can't put my finger on the code sample right now. If you
need it, I'll dig deeper.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[JLunis]

Even if the form has never had code, in at least some versions of Outlook, a
custom form won't show anything in the preview pane. It might be possible,
with code, to remove the property that causes that, but it requires CDO (or
Redemption) and I can't put my finger on the code sample right now. If you
need it, I'll dig deeper.

Sounds over my head. All I know is, when I had this same version of
Outlook on W98, I could veiw text in Preview Pane. In XP I can not.
Even after building a form by changing one control in a standard form.
I suppose that means changing a control does not modify code.
I greatly appreciate your patience.