Outlook Message Form

[Katrine Guinn via OfficeKB.com]

I am using an Outlook Message Form as a Routing Sheet When I send the message the only pages that keep my info are page 1 and page 6. Page 2 has a frame on it with all my fields in the frame and pages 3-5 have multipage with 2 tabs each tab has a frame with all the fields in it. I have racked my brain look through books searched the web and still have found nothing. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

More detail would help -- the Outlook version, the mail environment, where
the form is published, exactly what's missing on pages 2-5

 

[Katrine Guinn via OfficeKB.com]

Outlook 2003; It is on an Exchange Server it is published to personal forms library; The form shows up but when I type in text and hit send it disapppears.

 

[Katrine Guinn via OfficeKB.com]

Would it help if I sent a copy of the form to you some how.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

What disappears? The newsgroup interface you are using apparently does not
quote earlier messages in the thread, making your latest message so short on
detail that it's impossible to know what your issue is. Please take the time
to quote the original message.

In any case, a message form for use by multiple people needs to be published
in the Organizational Forms library or in each user's Personal Forms
library.

 

[Katrine Guinn via OfficeKB.com]

Please email me at (e-mail address removed) I will send the form back to you I am not very good at this stuff and I don't know how to explain.

Outlook 2003; It is on an Exchange Server it is published to personal forms library; The form shows up but when I type in text and hit send it disapppears.


I am using an Outlook Message Form as a Routing Sheet When I send the message the only pages that keep my info are page 1 and page 6. Page 2 has a frame on it with all my fields in the frame and pages 3-5 have multipage with 2 tabs each tab has a frame with all the fields in it. I have racked my brain look through books searched the web and still have found nothing. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

I'm still not clear on what disappears -- the form or the text. Or what
text? Please describe ***exactly*** what the user sees on page 2 when the
receive an item created with the form. Even if we had the form, it wouldn't
tell us what the recipient receives ***in your environment.***

If the form is published only in your Personal Forms library, no one else
will have access to the layout unless you check the "send form definition
with item" box on the form's (Properties) tab. This, however, will make any
code behind the form inoperable. Message forms generally need to be
published to the Organizational Forms library to work fully.

 

[Katrine Guinn via OfficeKB.com]

Okay here is how is working. I open the form I type all the info I need to in the form. I send the form to the user and anything I typed in the form disappears. The "send form definition with item" is checked. I will try the saving in Organizational Forms library. Thank you for your help I really do appreciate it.







I'm still not clear on what disappears -- the form or the text. Or what
text? Please describe ***exactly*** what the user sees on page 2 when the
receive an item created with the form. Even if we had the form, it wouldn't
tell us what the recipient receives ***in your environment.***

If the form is published only in your Personal Forms library, no one else
will have access to the layout unless you check the "send form definition
with item" box on the form's (Properties) tab. This, however, will make any
code behind the form inoperable. Message forms generally need to be
published to the Organizational Forms library to work fully.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Sigh. Please provide an exact descriptioin of that the user sees, not what
they don't see. "anthing ... disappears" tells us very little. "They see a
blank page" or "they see the controls that I put on the page, but no data in
them" would tell us a lot.

 

[Katrine Guinn via OfficeKB.com]

They see the controls I put on the page but no data in them.




Sigh. Please provide an exact descriptioin of that the user sees, not what
they don't see. "anthing ... disappears" tells us very little. "They see a
blank page" or "they see the controls that I put on the page, but no data in
them" would tell us a lot.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Now we're getting somewhere. Check the Properties dialog for each control
and look on the Value tab. At the top of that tab should be listed the name
of the field to which the control is bound, in other words the actual
Outlook data property that the control should display. If it's blank or it's
pointing to some other field than the corresponding compose page control is
using, you'll have found the problem and will be in the right place to fix
it by binding the control to the correct field.