You should be able to right click on the folder, select Properties and use
the "When posting to this folder" to select the region you want.

You must have registered the region as a replace or replaceAll region, which
is sounds like you did according to the message class.

John


"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Since form regions do not themselves have message classes, I'm a little confused both about what you've done and about what you're trying to do with the form region. Maybe you can post your region's manifest or at least explain whether you're trying to do an adjoining or separate region.

If you want users to use a custom form to create items in your folder, create and publish a traditional Outlook form with the desired message class and set it as the folder's default on the Properties dialog for the form.
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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

"Fidget Brain" wrote in message ...
I created a custom form region with the following message class:
"IPM.Contact.TestAddIn1.ClientRegion". I then created a new Folder within
the default Contacts folder to store these custom items. Finally, I created
a NavigationFolder within the Contacts navigation module which points to my
new Folder.

when I click the navigation pane folder it is raising the default Contacts
form, rather than my custom form. this is expected. the problem is that I
can't find a way to set my custom message class for this folder in order to
correct this problem. The DefaultMessageClass property of my folder is
read-only. Also when I first create my folder, the help file specifies that
the additional optional parameter should specify an olDefaultFolder type, so
I can't set it there either.

any help appreciated as Ive been stuck on this now for a while