Subject in Forms

[Guest]

I have a client w/outlook 2003. They have a form that has already been
created. They would like to automatically populate the subject field based on
two entries in the form. For example in the form it asks for a vendor name,
address, phone number and whether it is a good, service or other. So the
vendor is ABC Corp and they want a service. They want the subject to pull
that and say ABC Corp Service in the subject line. Is this possible?

Thanks,
Carla Bradley

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Yes, it's possible. You might even be able to do it with a formula, depending on how the "service" information is actually stored in the item. If not a formula, then with some fairly simply VBScript code. The details will depend on the type of form (message, contact, etc.) and, again, the details of how the information is stored in the item. See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/propsyntax.htm for basics on the code syntax for working with Outlook item properties. On the page at http://www.outlookcode.com/d/forms.htm, you'll see links to articles on formulas.

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