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Exchange Custom Properties to Outlook Form

OBTS — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 23:00:13 GMT

From: <GarethWilliams discussions microsoft com>
Subject: Exchange Custom Properties to Outlook Form
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 01:02:03 -0700
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

Hi Guys,

I'm using ASP.Net and WebDAV to create exchange appointments with data from a webform attached as custom properties. The exchange custom properties have the namespace "mtappointment:".

The client eventually wants to create an Outlook custom form that gets populated with the custom property values from exchange. The idea is that the outlook form will mirror the information captured on the webform.

I've verified that the appointments are being created and that the custom properties are all there, but - as an Outlook newbie - I have no idea if it's possible to access the custom exchange properties with an outlook custom form. So, is it possible and how would I go about creating a form/script to do this?

Exchange and Outlook are both 2003.

Thanks in advance!

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From: GarethWilliams
Subject: RE: Exchange Custom Properties to Outlook Form
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 08:30:01 -0700
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

Okay, I just figured this one out.

In case anyone else runs into this (highly unlikely!) the solution is to create your properties with WebDAV using the namespace:

http://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/string/{00020329-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}/

Then create fields on the outlook form that retrieve their value from a user-defined field with the same name as the custom property created using WebDAV.

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Resource Conflict on Outlook custom Form

OBTS — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 20:00:39 GMT

From: <Khyati discussions microsoft com>
Subject: Resource Conflict on Outlook custom Form
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:22:00 -0700
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

We are using outlook custom form to shedule web conferences. My problem is when we slect a vedio site ( as a resource/location) and if it is alrady booked for the specified time , then I got a outlook message

as an example :
"Arctic Ocean room is already booked for specified time. You must find another resource or find a nother time"

I am getting this message after shceduling my meeting on the bridge abd saving data on the databse. And meeting is not scheduled on the calendar. What I want is to check resource availability before doing anything else. may I know whether it is possible, if so could you pls advice me how to do this.

Thanks

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From: "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <suemvp at outlookcode dot com>
Subject: Re: Resource Conflict on Outlook custom Form
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:50:07 -0400
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

Take a look at the Recipient.GetFreeBusy method, which is well documented in Help. That's what you'll need to use to check resource availability.
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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
   Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
     Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
    http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54

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From: Khyati
Subject: Re: Resource Conflict on Outlook custom Form
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:50:01 -0700
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

Dear Sue

Did u mean about MSDN help. I was trying to serach from google as well. I ended up with following code but it does not seems checking availability for me.

Dim strFreeBusy, strFreeBusyTemp, strFreeBusyTemp2, strFreeBusy2 As String
Dim iCurrentSlotStart, iCurrentSlotEnd, iBusySlot As Integer

For Each oRecipient As Outlook.Recipient In m_olAppointmentItem.Recipients
        strFreeBusy = oRecipient.FreeBusy(CDate(m_olAppointmentItem.Start), 1, False)
                iCurrentSlotStart = Int(DateDiff("n",
CDate(m_olAppointmentItem.Start), CDate(m_olAppointmentItem.Start)) \ 1)
                iCurrentSlotEnd = Int(DateDiff("n",
CDate(m_olAppointmentItem.End), CDate(m_olAppointmentItem.End)) \ 1)
                strFreeBusyTemp = Left(strFreeBusy, iCurrentSlotEnd)
                strFreeBusyTemp2 = StrReverse(strFreeBusyTemp)
                strFreeBusy2 = StrReverse(Left(strFreeBusyTemp2,
Len(strFreeBusyTemp2) - iCurrentSlotStart))
                iBusySlot = InStr(1, strFreeBusy2, "1")

                If iBusySlot <> 0 Then
                    System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("Resource not available", "vMeeting for Outlook", Windows.Forms.MessageBoxButtons.OK)
                    Exit Sub
                End If
Next

Highly apprecitae if you could help me bit more in this. or could you please send me links to articles describing this if possible. Thank you very much

Erosha

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From: "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]"
Subject: Re: Resource Conflict on Outlook custom Form
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 08:18:04 -0400
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

The Outlook object model is indeed documented on MSDN, but the documentation is also right there on your own machine. The object browser can act as an index to Help: Press ALt+F11 to open the VBA environment in Outlook, then press F2. Switch from <All Libraries> to Outlook to browse all Outlook objects and their properties, methods, and events. Select any object or member, then press F1 to see its Help topic.

Free/busy information is always returned for full days, not partial days. The Start parameter for FreeBusy() should be a date-only value (in other words, time = midnight), not the full date/time of the appointment. You might want to use a MinPerChar size larger than a minute. It depends on what granularity you need for booking meetings in your organization. For example, if you set it to 60 and you're interested in booking an appointment at 10 a.m., then the value of the 11th character will tell you whether there are any other appointments booked during that hour. If you book in smaller increments, use an appropriate size. Remember that your purpose in using FreeBusy is only to find conflicts, not to find out if some other appointment has exactly the same time period booked.

Sorry, BTW, that I suggested the wrong method. Recipient.FreeBusy and AddressEntry.GetFreeBusy both return the same data, but I get mixed up as to which uses which method. I'm glad you found the right one.
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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
   Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
     Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
    http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54

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From: Khyati
Subject: Re: Resource Conflict on Outlook custom Form
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:09:02 -0700
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

Thanks Sue. This is really helpful. Currently I am working on it. will let you know. Thanks again

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From: Khyati
Subject: Re: Resource Conflict on Outlook custom Form
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 19:40:00 -0700
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

Thank you very much sue. this worked perfectly.

But I have another questin to ask.

I scheduled a meeting as 3pm to 3.30pm with a specific meeting room as a resource. When I schedule another meeting with the same meeting room in the same time it doesnt show me that meeting room is occupied. it says it is available. But After schedulinh 3-4 meeting with the same meeting room in the same time it shows me that the room is not available... Do I need to do any other thing... please advice.

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From: "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]"
Subject: Re: Resource Conflict on Outlook custom Form
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 07:19:49 -0400
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

Do you see the same behavior if you schedule the resource manually and look on the Scheduling tab?

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
   Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
     Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
    http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54

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From: Khyati
Subject: Re: Resource Conflict on Outlook custom Form
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:29:13 -0700
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

Yes.. it is same. But when I check shared calendar of the resource(meeting room) meeting is actually booked in the calendar. but it says available for me. Even I didnt get the outlook message even saying that resource is already booked. but after scheduling 2-3 meeting then I get is as unavailable

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From: Khyati
Subject: Re: Resource Conflict on Outlook custom Form
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:42:01 -0700
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

Hi Sue

Everything is working fine. What happened was When i select a meeting room as a resource I used to delete from 'To' list. If so the meeting room calendar is not get updated. but If I leave it at "To" list as well (and also on "Resource" list or "location") It works fine. So far so good. Please excuse me if I post more comments later as we are doing testing as a whole.

Thanks again

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Where is MS Forms 2.0 Object Library in OL2003 References?

OBTS — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 21:28:07 GMT

From: <je dot lodestar att comcast tod net>
Subject: Where is MS Forms 2.0 Object Library in OL2003 References?
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2006 19:23:01 -0700
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

I have a folder based applicaton solution running in OL2002 which has the MS Forms 2.0 Object Library item checked in References. Not sure why, but somewhere along during development I seem to remember that it had to be checked....possibly because I am programmatically reading data from Excel into custom OL forms. My problem is that I am porting my OL2002 design over to OL2003 and discovered that the MS Forms 2.0 Object Library is not listed in the OL2003 References. My application won't run without it. Can anyone advise me how to get this into the OL2003 references or a workaround?

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John E.

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From: "Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]" <kenslovak at mvps dot org>
Subject: Re: Where is MS Forms 2.0 Object Library in OL2003 References?
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 10:37:38 -0400
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

The path to it should be C:\Windows\System32\FM20.DLL.

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Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm

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From: <je dot lodestar att comcast tod net>
Subject: Re: Where is MS Forms 2.0 Object Library in OL2003 References?
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 08:52:02 -0700
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

Ken,

Thanks for reply. I am not referencing the path to this library in any script or VBA code in my custom forms...just want to check the check box for it in References list so it is available when running the forms. Knowing the path to it in System32 as a *.dll, is there some way I can get it listed in References for that purpose?

--
John E.

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Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 09:52:15 PST
Subject: Re: Where is MS Forms 2.0 Object Library in OL2003 References?
From: Hollis Paul
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

A classic problem with References. I don't know the answer, but I certainly sympathize, as I have had the same problem many times in the past. If no one knows, you have to guess, open a project in VB, and see if you can find an object you want in the object browser.

--
Hollis Paul
Mukilteo, WA USA

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From: "Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]" <kenslovak at mvps dot org>
Subject: Re: Where is MS Forms 2.0 Object Library in OL2003 References?
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 14:49:41 -0400
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

You can use Browse to navigate to anywhere and select that DLL from that path to add it to your references. A useful trick when you want to add a reference that isn't easily visible.

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From: <je.lodestar
Subject: Re: Where is MS Forms 2.0 Object Library in OL2003 References?
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 10:58:02 -0700
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

Ken and Hollis,

Thanks for replies. I used the browser and set up the check box for Forms 2.0 Object Library in References. Sorry for my ignorance on this.

--
John E.

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From: "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <suemvp att outlookcode dot com>
Subject: Re: Where is MS Forms 2.0 Object Library in OL2003 References?
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 20:07:46 -0400
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

For future reference, Outlook VBA automatically adds a reference to MS Forms 2.0 when you add a new userform module to VBA.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
   Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
     http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
   and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
     Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
     http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

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Open Form from Macro

OBTS — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 21:14:58 GMT

From: alexandre dot sousa tta gmail dott com
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms
Subject: Open Form from Macro
Date: 16 Jun 2006 12:32:37 -0700

Hi,

I've followed the MS KB article to Open Form from a Toolbar Button.

This is the Macro, as I have it in ThisOutlookSession:

Sub DisplayForm()
    Set myFolder = Session.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)
    Set myItem = myFolder.Items.Add("IPM.Note.SuppRequest")
    myItem.Display
    myItem.Recipient.Add ("mail@mail.not")
End Sub

The only difference from the KB Article is the Recipient.Add. However, my problem is that I got it to work just as I left my Office, and as soon as I got home never worked again.

Anyone got a clue?

Best Regards,

Alexandre Sousa

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From: "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <suemvp att outlookcode dott com>
Subject: Re: Open Form from Macro
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:41:53 -0400
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

What precisely didn't work? In other words, what happened when you stepped through the code.

In general when creating new items, Display should be your last statement .

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From: alexandre sousa
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms
Subject: Re: Open Form from Macro
Date: 16 Jun 2006 13:44:29 -0700

Sue,

Now, when I press the Button created based on the Macro, nothing happens. The first time, I clicked the button and it showed the form right away, I filled it, and sent it. Then I could notice Outlook sending the email. Now, nothings happens at all, after I click the button.

The reason why I add the recipient last, is because I want to fill the To: field, which I deleted from the form. This is a tech support request form. It's supposed to always be delivered to the same address.

I also tried to fill the Initial value field, but once I published the form and then opened it, the address would get replaced with a date.

I'm kind of lost right now.

Best Regards,

Alexandre Sousa

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From: "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]"
Subject: Re: Open Form from Macro
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:54:50 -0400
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

> Now, when I press the Button created based on the Macro, nothing
> happens.

Repeating: What happens when you step through the macro in the VBA environment?

> The reason why I add the recipient last, is because I want to fill the
> To: field, which I deleted from the form. This is a tech support
> request form. It's supposed to always be delivered to the same address.

No reason why you can't do that before you display it.

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From: "asousa"
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms
Subject: Re: Open Form from Macro
Date: 16 Jun 2006 14:41:55 -0700

Sue,

Your answer did help. I've got little programming background. Even more so with all the security restrictions nowadays. The problem was that Outlook had the Macro Security setting set to "High". I found this as I Googled thru to figure out how to Run the Macro in the VBA environment.

Now I have to figure out how to program a "secure" Macro.

Thanks for the help.

Best Regards,

Alexandre Sousa

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From: "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]"
Subject: Re: Open Form from Macro
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 18:42:11 -0400
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

> Now I have to figure out how to program a "secure" Macro.

See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/vb.htm#selfcert

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Do I need a form?

OBTS — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 02:30:11 GMT

From: <Scott R discussions microsoft com>
Subject: Do I need a form?
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 09:50:03 -0700
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

I am trying to display & edit the "Billing Information" field in an Outlook email. I'm trying to do this the easiet way possible(i.e don't want to write VBA code to access the field). Do I need to create a form to do this or is there a simpler way to edit this field in an email message?

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Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:07:03 PST
Subject: Re: Do I need a form?
From: Hollis Paul
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

Yes. You do need to use a custom form to set up a display of the "Billing Information" field. But, no, you do not need to use VBA. Get a blank form of the type you want to use go into design mode. The first step is to click the Forms menu and uncheck the "Separate Compose and Read forms" button. Second, click the P2 tab, and drag the "Billing Information" field from the field chooser to the tab surface. A text box will automatically be created to display the "Billing Information" field. Right-Click the P2 tab and check the Show this page button. Perhaps you want to rename the tab to something like "Grand Canyon Suite", though that is a little long for the tab. Then publish the form to the Organizational Forms Library if you are on an Exchange Server and want other people to use the form. Otherwise, publish it to your personal forms library.

--
Hollis Paul
Mukilteo, WA USA

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From: "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <suemvp att outlookcode dott com>
Subject: Re: Do I need a form?
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 13:03:51 -0400
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

The no-code, no-form method would be to create a new table view with in-cell editing turned on and edit it in the view.

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From: <ScottR discussions microsoft com>
Subject: Re: Do I need a form?
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:45:02 -0700
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

Paul,

Thanks. It worked. I can now send new emails using that form, but emails I previously sent do not show the field. Do you know of a way to get emails not sent with that form to show the "Billing Information" field.

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Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 19:50:09 PST
Subject: Re: Do I need a form?
From: Hollis Paul
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

Go to www.outlookcode.com and search on the term "default". This should produce a leading in the results set that tells you how to change the default message in a folder. When you do that, you also have to change the MessageClass field of the old forms, which is what you are wanting to do.

Courtesy of Sue Mosher, in a reply to a message just after yours.

Change the MessageClass property's value so that it points to your published form's class. Scripts and other tool links at http://www.outlookcode.com/d/newdefaultform.htm

--
Hollis Paul
Mukilteo, WA USA

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From: "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]"
Subject: Re: Do I need a form?
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:13:30 -0400
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

One way is to add the BillingInformation field to a customized folder view. Another is to write code to change the MessageClass property of all items to point to that custom form; see http://www.outlookcode.com/d/newdefaultform.htm

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From: <je dott lodestar att comcast dott net>
Subject: Re: Do I need a form?
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 16:54:01 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

Another way to do this without taking the time to write your own code to change Message Class is to use the ContactGenie (CG) Message Class Modifier that is downloadable free-ware at http://www.contactgenie.com/cgtmcm.htm. I have used it extensively and it works well to bring items that were using a previous form up to date with your current form.

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John E.

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Custom form in public folder always wants to save changes

OBTS — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 20:22:39 GMT

From: "Tom G."
Subject: Custom form in public folder always wants to save changes
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:46:22 -0700

I have a problem with a custom form that I've published in a public folder (contact items) and set as the default (only allowable) form. Every time you open one of the contacts, regardless of whether you make a change to the contact, Outlook always asks if you want to Save Changes. I tried clearing the forms cache but it still does it.

I can open a contact to view it then close it. Save changes pops up. Doesn't matter if I say yes or no. If I reopen the same contact, it will go through the exact same process even though no edits were made.

Any thoughts on what's up or how I fix it?

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Tom G.
Send replies to tom |att| geldner /dott/ com

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From: "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <suemvp at outlookcode dot com>
Subject: Re: Custom form in public folder always wants to save changes
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:42:10 -0400
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

The symptoms suggest that something in the form's design is changing a property value. It could be code behind the form or some odd interaction with a combo box or list box.

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Subject: Re: Custom form in public folder always wants to save changes
From: "Tom G." <me@privacy.net>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:55:11 -0700

I'll check. There is a list box and a radio button group for two custom fields but they aren't doing anything other than offering the possible values. There is no code behind the form.

--
Tom

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From: "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]"
Subject: Re: Custom form in public folder always wants to save changes
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 07:27:24 -0400
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

How are the possible values for the list box being set?

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Subject: Re: Custom form in public folder always wants to save changes
From: "Tom G."
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 14:19:01 -0800

2 custom fields

Name: Media Release
Type: Keywords
     ListStyle: 1-Option
     Property to use: Value
     Possible values: None;Email;Fax

Name: Format
Type: Text
TextBox

No validation

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Tom G.
Send replies to tom |att| geldner /dott/ com

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From: "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]"
Subject: Re: Custom form in public folder always wants to save changes
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:48:21 -0500
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

Media Release is bound to a keywords field but it looks like it's set up as a single-select list box? That could be part of the problem. A text field would be more appropriate in that scenario.

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Subject: Re: Custom form in public folder always wants to save changes
From: "Tom G."
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:59:09 -0800

That was it. I ended up copying the data in the keywords field to User 1. Deleted the keywords field. Pointed the single-select control to User 1. Republished the form and no more "save on exit" message. Yay.

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Tom G.
Send replies to tom |att| geldner /dott/ com

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Creating custom journal entry type in OL2003

OBTS — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 04:37:50 GMT

From: "AUSongbird"
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms
Subject: Creating custom journal entry type in OL2003
Date: 8 Nov 2006 09:19:47 -0800

How can I create custom entries for the journal entry type in Outlook 2003. Thanks!

Betty Morgan

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From: "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <suemvp at outlookcode dot com>
Subject: Re: Creating custom journal entry type in OL2003
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 19:43:29 -0500
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

See http://www.inquiry.com/techtips/exo_pro/10min/10min0999.asp

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How to deploy/move customized views?

OBTS — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 23:23:55 GMT

From: <je lodestar comcast net>
Subject: How to deploy/move customized views?
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2006 23:44:01 -0700
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

I need to deploy a number of customized views with a folder based application solution. I thought if I saved .pst file for each folder it would capture the custom views built for that folder for recovery on the receiving end of the .pst. DIdn't work. What is best way to deploy/move customized views for folders without having to go into the View/DefineView and build them all over again?

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John E.

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From: "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <suemvp at outlookcode dot com>
Subject: Re: How to deploy/move customized views?
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 14:33:42 -0500
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

That is a good solution *if* you created the views with the scope "on this folder visible to everyone."

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From: <je lodestar comcast net>
Subject: Re: How to deploy/move customized views?
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 12:48:02 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

Sue,
Found an even better solution to this problem that I will post in this reply for the benefit of anyone else who comes to this forum item. By downloading the "Backup" utility from Microsoft for Outlook (installs as an add-in) it is possible to perform complete backups of the folders in a cusstomized folder based solution into a .pst backup file, which DOES capture the custom views as well as all the custom forms in the folders. Then it is easy to deploy the folder based solution configuration to another location by useing the Backup utility at the remote location to restore the backup .pst file into the Personal Folder where you want to deploy it. Makes the deployment process almost painless. If you also then create a .pst file of the Rule Wizard rules for the folders and then use the Rule Wizard import at the remote location every feature of the custom folder based solution is deployed. Makes deployment simple and painless!

John E.

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Automated Email in a Custom Contact Form

OBTS — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:22:50 GMT

From: <MichelleW@discussions.microsoft.com>
Subject: Automated Email in a Custom Contact Form
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 08:56:02 -0700
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

I am building a custom contact form for my companies client database. What I
would like is a way for an email to be generated when the sales person
initally fills out the contact form and saves it so I know that a new contact
has been filed out.

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From: "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <suemvp at outlookcode dot com>
Subject: Re: Automatic Email From Custom Contact Form
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:27:39 -0400
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

You could put code in the form's Item_Write event handler to generate such a message.

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From: <MichelleW at discussions dot microsoft dot com>
Subject: Re: Automatic Email From Custom Contact Form
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 09:53:02 -0700
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

How do I go about doing that? Do you have a tutorial for it :)

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From: "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <suemvp at outlookcode dot com>
Subject: Re: Automatic Email From Custom Contact Form
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:02:42 -0400
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

The basics would be:

Function Item_Write()
    Set newItem = Application.CreateItem(0)
    With newItem
        .To = "someone@somewhere.com"
        .Subject = "New contact"
        .Body = "There is a new contact."
        .Send
    End With
End Function

Embellish to your heart's content.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
   Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
     http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
   and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
     Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
     http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

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From: <MichelleW discussions microsoft com>
Subject: Re: Automatic Email From Custom Contact Form
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:08:01 -0700
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

thanks so much!!!!

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From: <MichelleW@discussions.microsoft.com>
Subject: Re: Automatic Email From Custom Contact Form
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:30:01 -0700
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

Is there a way to put in the script so it only sends an email when the item
is created? Right now it is sending an email after any updating that is done
to the record... Thanks!

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Also is there a way to program in the VB Script to note which contact the
addition is for within the email message so they know which one is new?

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From: "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <suemvp at outlookcode dotcom>
Subject: Re: Automatic Email From Custom Contact Form
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:27:08 -0400
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

> Is there a way to put in the script so it only sends an email when the item
> is created?

Yes, but you're in danger of actually learning something about Outlook programming. Are you sure you want to do that? <g>

When a new item is created, it has a Size = 0. That means you can check the value of the Size property and act accordingly:

Function Item_Write()
    If Item.Size = 0 Then
        Set newItem = Application.CreateItem(0)
        With newItem
            .To = "someone@somewhere.com"
            .Subject = "New contact"
            .Body = "There is a new contact."
            .Send
        End With
    End If
End Function

> Also is there a way to program in the VB Script to note which contact the
> addition is for within the email message so they know which one is new?

Yes, but it's time for you to do some homework of your own. All the pieces you need to do that are in the code above, except a couple that I'll give you. Here are the pieces you need to find and then put together to add your own code:

1) Outlook coding works largely with objects and properties of objects. There are many examples in the code above, where you read the property of one object and set the properties of another. Which object represents the current contact item?

2) Which object represents the new message to be sent?

3) Which property contains the name of the item? (HINT: It's the same for all types of items.)

4) Which property do you want to use to show the recipient the name of the new contact?

5) How do you put two pieces of text together?

I'll answer the last one for you -- with the ampersand & character, e.g. "red " & "balloon" would give you the string "red balloon."

See if you can figure it out, and then pat yourself on the back for learning something more than cut-and-paste about Outlook form scripting. Holler if you get stumped.

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From: <MichelleW@discussions.microsoft.com>
Subject: Re: Automatic Email From Custom Contact Form
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:49:01 -0700
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

Thanks so much Sue.... I am already learning more than I thought I would but
I really am loving it. I will challenge myself and see if I can figure out
the second half. Thanks!

Posted using

Upstart -- a utility for migrating ANSI PSTs to Unicode PSTs.htm

OBTS — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 02:57:12 GMT

From: Diane Poremsky

Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 10:01 AM

Subject: Upstart -- a utility for migrating ANSI PSTs to Unicode PSTs.htm

Upstart ("Unicode PST ARTificer") is a free utility for migrating Outlook ANSI PSTs to Unicode PSTs.

For a single conversion, you can easily migrate an ANSI PST using Outlook itself. You can either import an ANSI PST into an existing Unicode PST or export an ANSI PST into a new Unicode PST. For multiple conversions however you may find the job much easier with Upstart.

Key features of the product are:

Creates a new Unicode PST that is effectively a replica, folder by folder, of an ANSI PST.

Makes no changes to the ANSI PST.

Allows you to specify all available encryption options for the Unicode PST.

Guaranteed free from adware, snoopware, and all things nasty.

No installation step needed. Just download, unzip and run.

Customized versions are available (at cost).

Upstart runs as a console program and outputs a running commentary as it does its work, similar to this:

HYPERLINK "http://www.maclean.com/upstart/upstart.zip"Download Upstart.

Active X Controls in Forms

OBTS — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 02:53:53 GMT

Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 17:06:24 +0200

From: Oliver_Gräser <oliver dot graeser at uni-konstanz dot de>

Subject: Active X Controls in Forms

Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

Hi,

I am trying to add an ActiveX Control to a customized Outlook Form. I'm using Randy Byrne's 'Application Development with Outlook 2000' to learn. It says there that one needs either the developer edition of Office 2000 or Visual Studio to do so. Well, he seems to be right, because if I try to open the context menu of the toolbox, nothing opens (according to the book, I should be able to choose 'additional tools' there). I'm a little stunned that I would need the developer edition to do so, because I also program VBA in Access and can make use of all ActiveX Controls there. Does anyone know if I really need to get an Office Developer License just for one little Date and Time Picker Control?

Best Regards,

Oliver

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From: "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <suemvp at outlookcode dot com>

Subject: Re: Active X Controls in Forms

Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 11:18:57 -0400

Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

Sometimes you need to add the control to the VBA userform toolbox before it will show up in the Outlook custom form toolbox.

And yes, you need a licensed version of the control. Package it in a VB setup program and it should be OK.

Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP

Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for

Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

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Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 19:46:45 +0200

From: Oliver_Gräser <oliver dot graeser at uni-konstanz dot de>

Subject: Re: Active X Controls in Forms

Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

Hi Sue,

okay, I'll try to do the first. About the latter: Of course I don't want to use unlicensed software. We have O2K Pro licenses for each machine, but nothing else. No Visual Studio, no Developer Edition. I used ActiveX in Access because it simply was there in the menu - I expect that everything that shows up in my menus is something licensed as I only install licensed software. What do you mean by 'Package it in a VB setup program'?

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From: "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <suemvp at outlookcode dot com>

Subject: Re: Active X Controls in Forms

Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 14:00:40 -0400

Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

I mean use Visual Basic to create a new code product that contains only that control and use VB's setup tool to package the control so it can be installed and registered properly on users' machines. If you don't do something like that, you'll get an error when the form runs. You can search Google, etc. on the error, but I haven't seen any reliable solutions.

But if you're using the (sort of clunky) calendar control from Access, that should work fine since you have Access installed on every system.

Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP

Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for

Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

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Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 21:05:59 +0200

From: Oliver_Gräser <oliver dot graeser at uni-konstanz dot de>

Subject: Re: Active X Controls in Forms

Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

Okay, I think I maybe didn't explain the problem properly (I'm neither a native speaker nor a computer science major (mayor?)). The point is that in Access, I choose Insert->Active X Control and I get an abundance of Active X tools. I just try to find my way into that menu in Outlook:-) I think your first hint might work. Though I get along with VBA quite well now, I don't really feel like compiling my own VB classes...

Thanks a lot,

Oliver

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From: "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <suemvp at outlookcode dot com>

Subject: Re: Active X Controls in Forms

Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 15:16:57 -0400

Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

Open the Outlook VBA environment. Create a new VBA userform.

Right-click the control toolbox and add the desired control.

When you open an OUtlook custom form in design mode, you should now see the desired control on that toolbox, too.

Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP

Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for

Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

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Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 19:06:39 +0200

From: Oliver_Gräser <oliver dot graeser at uni-konstanz dotde>

Subject: Re: Active X Controls in Forms

Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

Hi Sue,

thanks for the hint, it worked out fine.

Regards

Oliver

How to get your contacts folder to appear first when you click the To button in a new message

OBTS — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 03:25:00 GMT

This week I had the great fortune of having to export all my mailbox to an Outlook data file (.pst) on my client computer, replace the Exchange databases with new, blank databases, and import my Mailbox from the data file on the client. All this was done on the direction of PSSupport Engineer because we could not get the Public Folders to mount, even though the mailboxes were working properly. There are several bad things that happen when you do this:

You lose your views. (You should export these first, but I have not found out how to do this. The Support Engineer should show you how to do this, but mine didn’t and I didn’t think to ask that it be done.)
You lose your rules (Help will tell you how to do this, but you do it through the Rules Wizard by clicking the Options button in the Rules and Alerts display window.)
You can’t open the Contacts folder that is listed when you click the To button on a new message.
All the associations between contacts and journal messages and other items you have designated are lost. (You prevent this from happening by not using the Export/Import wizards. Instead, you should drag the mailbox folder to the opened pst folder list, and reverse the process when you restore. I don’t think my Support Engineer had a clue about the implications of choosing Export/Import or Drag n Drop. They were just equivalent processes to him.)

I will show here how one gets one contact folder to appear when the To button brings up the list. In my case, it brings up a Contacts folder that cannot be accessed—so I had an incentive to fix it fast. But it is not something that one would discover if one had not done it before, in an earlier life as a cockroach named Archie.

The first step in the sequence is to select your Contacts folder (and you will probably want to do this step on all of them), right-button click it and select Properties. Once the properties panel appears, click the Outlook Address Book tab. All this is shown in Figure 1

Figure 1: The Outlook Address Book tab of a Contacts Folder’s property panel

You want to check the box that is labeled Show this forlder as an e-mail Address Book and you want to add something to the Name of the address book so that you can recognize this folder from others that will appear in a list, which will all be named Contacts if you do not change them. Click OK and go back to the Outlook main screen.

The Contacts folder is now named, but the To button still brings up a Contacts folder I can’t access. So the next step is to examine some object that presents the Outlook Address Book. I say it this way, because we have to keep in mind that the OAB doesn’t exist as a separate thing, like the little white book we all use to keep our personal telephone numbers, and sometimes the mailing address of that number. It is really just a screen object that is displaying a view of an Contacts folder, or the collection of Contacts folders. So, starting from the Inbox, Figure 2 shows the menu clicks you have to do to get to a display of the OAB.

Figure 2: The menu choices you need to make to get to the OAB

From the Inbox, Tools -> Address book will get you to a display of the Outlook Address Book.

Figure 3 shows the OAB after you click that final menu option, and then droping down the list box to see the Contact Folders that will show in the OAB.

Figure 3: The list of Contact folder objects that can be shown in the OAB

As you see, there are other objects, such as the Global Address List, that can be shown in the OAB. They aren’t really contact folders, but, given the wonderful generality of object classes, these other things can also be viewed, and I presume that there are people who know for what they are useful. I shall ignore them in this small note.

Notice also that the spurious Contacts folder, that doesn’t allow you to see anything is right there at the top of the list, and by default, comes up first if you do not set something else to be first. Unfortunately, just selecting the folder we renamed in this list does not make it the default folder for display in the list.

The default setting is hidden somewhere else. I first thought it would be in the properties of this display object, but it is not there. It is, in fact, in the Addressing dialog box, which lives behind the Tools -> Options menu. Figure 4 shows these menu options.

Figure 4: The Menu choices you need to make to reach the Addressing Dialog Box.

Figure 5 shows the Addressing Dialog Box and the drop down list from which you set the default first Contacts Folder to be displayed in the OAB, when it is brought to life by clicking the To button in a new message.

Figure 5: The selection of the Contacts folder to be shown first when you click the To: button in a new message.

So, that is how you set the first Contacts Folder that you see when you click the To button. However, because it is a very intricate process, you want to test things out, just to be sure that you did not make a mistake somewhere. Figure 6 shows what I see when I click the To button on a new message form.

Figure 6: The top of the OAB after clicking the To button in a new message on my Hollis client computer.

Thus ends a successful trip of discovery through the mobius strip that connects Outlook, on the client machine, to the Exchange server on the central server machine.

Notes field's value through VBScript in Appointment Form

OBTS — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 19:24:00 GMT

Notes field's value through VBScript in Appointment Form

From: Satish Boddapati

Subject: SUE Mosher/To Notes field's value through VBScript in Appointment Form

Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 13:03:50 +0100

Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

Hi Sue/All,

How to access Notes field on Appointment/Calendar form into a

variable in VBScript from outlook?

Is there any method to get the access through Item.GetInspector

etc..

Because when I start to design the Appoitnment form on outlook, it is

not displaying as in the case of Contact form design (like to set

individual properties in Contact form).

I want to programmatically(through VBScript) get the value that is

available in Notes field on Appointment form in Outlook/Calendar

form in outlook.

Any body, Please suggest

Regards

Sathish Boddapati

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From: "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <suemvp f outlookcode dot com>

Subject: Re: SUE Mosher/To Notes field's value through VBScript in Appointment Form

Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:50:43 -0400

Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

Take a look at the AppointmentItem.Body property.

Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP

Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for

Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

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Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 12:16:22 PST

Subject: Re: SUE Mosher/To Notes field's value through VBScript in Appointment Form

From: "Hollis Paul [MVP - Outlook]" <nospam@nospam.com>

Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

You can find this stuff by opening an appointment in design mode,

Figure 1: The menus to traverse to start designing a form.

Figure 2: The “blank”-form-to-design selection dialog box

clicking on the script editor, then striking F2, to bring up the Object

browser.

Figure 4: Object Browser showing an AppointmentItem.Body selection

In the Object browser, select an appointment item in the left

panel, and you will see all the objects defined for the appointment

object. Now, you will quite rightly note that there is no object

defined for notes or note. But, there is a body object. If you select

that, and then the help button,

Figure 5: Object browser and Help Screen

you will get enough information to conclude that body is the

name of the control that you are referring to as the notes field.

It is not a field, it is a control, and the control's name is body.

Its bound to a field, but I haven't tried to look for that. But the

help info says it is a string, so body.text should work.

But, remember, the appointment has only one body, so treat it well.

Hollis Paul

Mukilteo, WA USA

Customize Subject Field

OBTS — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 17:10:00 GMT

From: <L.C@discussions.microsoft.com>

Subject: Customize Subject Field

Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 10:36:01 -0700

Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

I would like to customize the Subject field in Outlook so that the reader will know where to file the form based on the Subject content. To do this, I use the Value field in the Properties box and set the initial value to values chosen in two separate combo boxes so that it looks like this: (combo1&" "&combo2). This works fine, except that when the reader gets the mail, it does not show the values chosen- until the reader opens the form. So what they see is the default setting that is in the controls- "Select One" and "Required" respectfully.

I've tried customizing the Subject field, and tried using a new text box with the values as above but neither works. What am I doing wrong? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you!

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Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 14:50:12 PST

Subject: Re: Customize Subject Field

From: "Hollis D. Paul"

Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

Don't customize the Subject field. Really, you do not want to make any customizations on the Message page. Other things break if you do.

Instead, put your comboboxes on P.2, and bind them to 2 User Defined fields, presumably defined in the folder. Then have your users add those two fields to their Inboxes, or in whatever folder they will receive these messages, and show the fields in the GUI display before the Subject field. They should then see the selected values of the comboboxes in the field display and immediately file the messages without reading them. Best of all possible worlds, no?

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From: <LC@discussions.microsoft.com>

Subject: Re: Customize Subject Field

Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 11:22:05 -0700

Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

Thanks Hollis,

I actually found another way to do this. Using the Properties box on the Subject field, go to the Value tab, select the Initial value box and type this: [combox1]&" - "&[combobox2] and then click on the Calculate this automatically button. When the user selects options from the combo boxes they appear in the subject field in this format:

"Option1 - Option2". It's perfect!

L.C.

Save as jpeg code for embedded images

OBTS — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 22:56:00 GMT

From: Bill Rodgers

Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 03:27

To: outlook-helpers@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Save as jpeg code for embedded iamges

I’ve lost it again. Where can I find it?

* ********************************************

From: Neo

http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/saveembeddedpictures.htm

Outlook integration with SharePoint

OBTS — Sat, 15 Jan 2005 04:00:00 GMT

From: "Nigel Bridport [MSFT]"

Subject: Outlook integration with SharePoint

Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 12:10:26 -0000

Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.portalserver

Nice idea Paul.

Does the form actually enable you to push the converted files into a Document Library? or is that a manual piece? Also, is the form available publicly?

Nige.

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

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Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 08:30:18 PST

Subject: Re: outlook integration with SharePoint

From: "Hollis D. Paul"

Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.portalserver

In article <#TFUZa99EHA.1300@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl>, Nigel Bridport [MSFT]

wrote:

> Does the form actually enable you to push the converted files into a

> Document Library? Or is that a manual piece?

I think it would be possible to do that. I have just put the destination folder's path in a text string and it get concatenated to the computed file name. So, if I had put the doclib path in the case statement, then it should go directly to the doclib. I will have to try that. Right now I am using the Upload Multiple Documents feature of the DocLib to get the docs into the doclib.

> Also, is the form available publically?

Not right now, though I will be glad to send it to anyone who wants it now. I intend to write an article about the whole operation when I get all the pieces put together. I haven't yet figured out how to get properties to transfer up with the document; and really would like to pull the existing values from the doc lib category field when I make the assignments.

The other problem is that I started from (much older) code examples that were out there on the internet. The coding practice of the original was definitely "strange", but it did work. But, it should be rewritten. Outlook VBA is just a poor place to put it, as it has no good deployment scenario. Word VBA is really great for deployment, but an email message is the starting point. So, it is a puzzlement as to which is the best way to go. Quite some time ago, Microsoft had some material that talked about Action Items--items that were used to hold code for specific functions unrelated to the item. That idea seems to have disappeared. I think it was replaced by the COM add-in, but that is overkill for this. Sigh.

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Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:49:30 PST

Subject: Re: outlook integration with sharepoint

From: "Hollis D. Paul"

Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.portalserver

In article <#TFUZa99EHA.1300@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl>, Nigel Bridport [MSFT] wrote:

> Does the form actually enable you to push the converted files into a

> Document Library?

Well, I tried this, and the files did not get into the doclib. I am not sure what account VBScript works under, but it probably did not have permissions to access the library. I'll ask the real Outlook experts.

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From: "Nigel Bridport [MSFT]"

Subject: Re: outlook integration with sharepoint

Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 08:53:14 -0000

Newsgroups: microsoft.public.sharepoint.portalserver

Your Outlook form should be running under the context of the user. There is a CurrentUser property in one of the inspectors.

I would suggest, if you wanted to automate the document upload piece, would be to write a new web service for SharePoint and then consume that from your Outlook form (or VBA). I do not necessarily think a COM add in is overkill but the whole process got harder with Outlook2003. But saying that, I have seen a whitepaper with a wizard that solves most of the problems.

Nige.

Where is default "User Templates in File System" directory setting stored?

OBTS — Sat, 15 Jan 2005 03:56:00 GMT

From: "KC"

Subject: Where is default "User Templates in File System" directory setting stored?

Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 16:57:00 +1200

Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

Outlook 2000 on Windows 98

From the Tools menu, when you choose Forms|Design a Form, the Design Form dialog box appears. From the Look In combo box, if you select "User Templates in File System," the default path and directory appears in the read-only text box below. Now, where can I go to change this default? I've looked at the registry and use a hex editor to examine the several files in the Windows/Application Data/Microsoft/Outlook directory with no success.

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From: bostonguy

Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

Subject: Re: Where is default "User Templates in File System" directory setting stored?

Date: 7 Dec 2004 08:11:33 -0800

Any idea how to change the default directory that Outlooks goes to for "User Templates in File System", so I don't have to browse each time?

TIA for the help.

Michael

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From: pgjasinski@yahoo.com

Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

Subject: Re: Where is default "User Templates in File System" directory setting stored?

Date: 3 Jan 2005 14:11:05 -0800

Don't ask me why this works; I just know that it does.

In Microsoft Word, with a document open navigate to Tools menu => Options => File Locations tab. Select User Templates, then click the Modify button. Whatever you specify here is what Outlook uses for the default folder in "User Templates in File System".

Like I said, don't ask me why.

Several form roadblocks

OBTS — Sat, 15 Jan 2005 03:54:00 GMT

From: "Bill Le May"

Subject: Several form roadblocks

Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 12:54:12 -0600

Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

Having a bad week with Outlook forms.

I was going to install my form in a Public Folder, but I discovered that a Search will not look in subfolders of a Public folder. As an alternative, I ask for and get a new Exchange mailbox where I install the form, but the VBScript code refuses to run. I have not one-offed the form (not sending form definition, never ever do). The Outlook security level is set to Low. The same form installed on my own Inbox does run the code.

I try to install the form on the Organizational Forms Library, but get an error "An error occurred while going to this foder". I get an I.S. person to follow the steps for "How to Create an Organizational Forms Library in Exchange" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q244591

and he gets an error code 80070005.

My last-ditch resort will be to install the form on individual's machines, but I really don't want tthat headache, as I know we'll be tweaking this form regularly.

The other problem I'm having is generating an email when an item of my form type is created or updated. I'm using code from Sue's book but for some reason the body of the resulting email remains blank. I've tried both HTML and plain text, and I'm not using Word as email editor. My form is based on a Post.

Running Outlook 2003, Win XP

Thanks for any ideas.

Bill

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From: "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]"

Subject: Re: Several form roadblocks

Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 16:56:03 -0500

Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

Outlook 2003 includes a new setting -- turned off by default -- to allow forms in shared mailboxes to run script. You can change the setting by choosing Tools | Options | Other | Advanced Options and checking the box for "Allow script in shared folders." See http://www.slipstick.com/dev/ol2003problems.htm#mailboxscript for more information on this setting and the comparable setting (on by default) for forms in public folders.

Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP

Author of

Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for

Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

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From: "Bill Le May"

Subject: Re: Several form roadblocks

Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 16:24:02 -0600

Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

Beautiful! Thanks, Sue.