Outlook 2000 Form

[Cathy C]

Goal: For users to be able to forward a contact to
someone who will then add it to the contacts in public
folders. The form will have all possible categories for
the user to click. I think they will have to drag and
drop the contact onto the form, but it seems like there
would be a better way. Maybe they will have to fill out
the contact information on the form and then click the
applicable categories. I designed such a form in Word,
but when I insert it to an email message, it looses its
clicked boxes feature.

Thanks for any assistance you may be able to offer.
Cathy

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

An Outlook form would make more sense than a Word form. See http://www.slipstick.com/dev/forms.htm and http://www.slipstick.com/dev/contactform.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

 

[Cathy]

Will do. Thanks much, Sue.

-----Original Message-----
An Outlook form would make more sense than a Word form.

See http://www.slipstick.com/dev/forms.htm and
http://www.slipstick.com/dev/contactform.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



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[Cathy C]

Sue - this worked wonderfully well until I demonstrated
it for my client yesterday and it failed to force chosing
a category before being saved. The previous 2-3 times I
tested it, it worked fine and when I installed it on
another workstation, it worked fine. What should I look
for? I never did find how to disable or enable macros. Is
that the problem?

Thanks,
Cathy

-----Original Message-----
An Outlook form would make more sense than a Word form.

See http://www.slipstick.com/dev/forms.htm and
http://www.slipstick.com/dev/contactform.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



"Cathy C" <[email protected]> wrote in

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[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

Outlook build #? Where is the form published? What kind of form is it -- message, contact, etc.?
--
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

 

[Guest]

9.0.0.2711. It's your reqcat.oft contact form and it's on
the C drive of a notebook. Our plan is to put it in a
public folder on the server and put shortcuts on each
user's desktop.

-----Original Message-----
Outlook build #? Where is the form published? What kind

of form is it -- message, contact, etc.?

--
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


"Cathy C" <[email protected]> wrote in

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[Cathy C]

Just found out the version on the laptop is SP-3
9.0.0.6627.

-----Original Message-----
Outlook build #? Where is the form published? What kind

of form is it -- message, contact, etc.?

--
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


"Cathy C" <[email protected]> wrote in

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[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

If you're using just the .oft file, you really should publish it and try using it the same way you'll be using it in the public folder.
--
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

9.0.0.2711. It's your reqcat.oft contact form and it's on
the C drive of a notebook. Our plan is to put it in a
public folder on the server and put shortcuts on each
user's desktop.

-----Original Message-----
Outlook build #? Where is the form published? What kind

of form is it -- message, contact, etc.? message news:[email protected]...

 

[Cathy C]

I did publish it. I just forgot what the published file
ending is (it's at the client's site). I'll try
publishing it to the public folder and doing shortcuts to
it to see what happens. It may be a week or two before I
return. Thanks much.

-----Original Message-----
If you're using just the .oft file, you really should

publish it and try using it the same way you'll be using
it in the public folder.

--
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

9.0.0.2711. It's your reqcat.oft contact form and it's on
the C drive of a notebook. Our plan is to put it in a
public folder on the server and put shortcuts on each
user's desktop.

-----Original Message-----
Outlook build #? Where is the form published? What

kind
of form is it -- message, contact, etc.? in
message news:[email protected]...

Sue - this worked wonderfully well until I demonstrated
it for my client yesterday and it failed to force chosing
a category before being saved. The previous 2-3

times
I

tested it, it worked fine and when I installed it on
another workstation, it worked fine. What should I look
for? I never did find how to disable or enable

macros.
Is

that the problem?

Thanks,
Cathy
-----Original Message-----
An Outlook form would make more sense than a Word form.
See http://www.slipstick.com/dev/forms.htm and
http://www.slipstick.com/dev/contactform.htm

"Cathy C" <[email protected]>

wrote
in

message [email protected]...
Goal: For users to be able to forward a contact to
someone who will then add it to the contacts in public
folders. The form will have all possible categories
for
the user to click. I think they will have to

drag
and

drop the contact onto the form, but it seems like
there
would be a better way. Maybe they will have to fill
out
the contact information on the form and then

click
the

applicable categories. I designed such a form in Word,
but when I insert it to an email message, it looses
its
clicked boxes feature.

.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

There is no "published file ending." The published form is not a file. It's a hidden item stored in the folder to which you publish it.
--
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

 

[Cathy C]

Oh. I see. Today we copied the oft form to a public folder and added a
shortcut to it on a user's desktop. It did not require her to check a
category prior to saving. Her Outlook macro security is set on high as is
another user's who is required to select one or more categories prior to
saving. Also, when I try to make changes to the categories on the form, I
change the script, but they do not show up on the form. I'm totally confused
now. When I first worked on it, it was from the network administrator's
laptop logged on as him. He is no longer with the company so I was working
from a user's workstation who has owner rights to the group of contacts in
the public folder we're working with, but not to the form. Could that be
causing the problem?

Unsure about where to publish the form. Our original plan was to have a
shortcut on each user's desktop to open the form and for it to be saved to
their personal contacts then forwarded to the owner of the public contacts
folder for her approval and inclusion there.

Thanks.
Cathy


There is no "published file ending." The published form is not a file. It's
a hidden item stored in the folder to which you publish it.
--
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

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

Comments inline.

Today we copied the oft form to a public folder and added a
shortcut to it on a user's desktop. It did not require her to check a
category prior to saving.

This is not publishing. To publish the form, use the Tools | Forms | Publish command.

Her Outlook macro security is set on high as is
another user's who is required to select one or more categories prior to
saving.

VBA macro security has nothing to forms.

Also, when I try to make changes to the categories on the form, I
change the script, but they do not show up on the form. I'm totally confused
now.

What change did you make?

When I first worked on it, it was from the network administrator's
laptop logged on as him. He is no longer with the company so I was working
from a user's workstation who has owner rights to the group of contacts in
the public folder we're working with, but not to the form. Could that be
causing the problem?

I still think the main problem is that you haven't published the form. A folder owner can publish a form to the folder.

Unsure about where to publish the form. Our original plan was to have a
shortcut on each user's desktop to open the form and for it to be saved to
their personal contacts then forwarded to the owner of the public contacts
folder for her approval and inclusion there.

You could publish it to the Organizational Forms library for use everywhere.
--
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

 

[Cathy C]

Thanks for your comments.

We changed the rights on the form to give the person owner rights from whose
PC we were working and we were then allowed to change the script. (We
changed the categories.) Any thoughts about why one person would be required
to enter the category and another would not? Once we publish it, is there a
way to put a shortcut on the user's desktop?

Thanks, Sue.

Comments inline.

Today we copied the oft form to a public folder and added a
shortcut to it on a user's desktop. It did not require her to check a
category prior to saving.

This is not publishing. To publish the form, use the Tools | Forms | Publish
command.

Her Outlook macro security is set on high as is
another user's who is required to select one or more categories prior to
saving.

VBA macro security has nothing to forms.

Also, when I try to make changes to the categories on the form, I
change the script, but they do not show up on the form. I'm totally confused
now.

What change did you make?

When I first worked on it, it was from the network administrator's
laptop logged on as him. He is no longer with the company so I was working
from a user's workstation who has owner rights to the group of contacts in
the public folder we're working with, but not to the form. Could that be
causing the problem?

I still think the main problem is that you haven't published the form. A
folder owner can publish a form to the folder.

Unsure about where to publish the form. Our original plan was to have a
shortcut on each user's desktop to open the form and for it to be saved to
their personal contacts then forwarded to the owner of the public contacts
folder for her approval and inclusion there.

You could publish it to the Organizational Forms library for use everywhere.
--
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

 

[Cathy C]

We have published the form to the organizational forms
library, but are unable to find it. Please advise how to
go about locating the form and either displaying it in the
public folders area, attaching it to the contacts folder
we are using, or adding a link to each user's desktop.

Thanks for your assistance.

Cathy

-----Original Message-----
Comments inline.


This is not publishing. To publish the form, use the

Tools | Forms | Publish command.

VBA macro security has nothing to forms.


What change did you make?


I still think the main problem is that you haven't

published the form. A folder owner can publish a form to
the folder.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

See http://www.slipstick.com/dev/launchform.htm for various ways to launch
a form. You can also use the Properties dialog of the folder to make it the
default for that folder.