Sending Information with Outlook 2003 Custom Forms

[Guest]

I have created a custom message form that is used to transfer information
between two parties. I have used a combination of controls (text boxes, check
boxes, option buttons, combo boxes) for page 2 of the message that will be
used to enter all the information to be transfered.

Ideally what would happen is that Party A would partially complete the form
and send it to Party B. Party B would then complete the necessary information
and return the form to Party A.

When information is entered, the form is sent, and the receiver opens the
message, all of the controls are blank. There is no text in text boxes, all
check boxes and option buttons appear unchecked, and all combo boxes are
blank.

Are there any suggestions as to what I would have to do that would allow the
receiver to see all of the entered information when the message is opened?

Thanks in advance for any guidance!

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

You would need to do the following:

1) Make sure that both Party A and Party B have access to the published form definition.

2) Make sure that the "send form definition with item" box on the (Properties) page in design mode is *not* checked.

3) Bind each control to an Outlook property, creating new ones as needed. Do this on both the compose layout and the read layout. See http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?ID=38

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

 

[Guest]

Thank you, that helped tremendously!

The only problem I have now is printing the custom form. I would like it to
print the form as it appers on the screen. Is there a way of doing this
without using print screen?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

See http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=24 for various solutions to the limitation that Outlook forms don't support WYSIWYG printing. The Word template technique is the most flexible and highly recommended.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54