The key concept is that a control on the design surface is not the same thing as a property (i.e. field) in the underlying item.

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and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
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"JohnG" wrote in message ...
No I did no bindings at all, I thought the field itself was enough. I'm just
beginning to figure out the logical relationships in the forms and what seems
obvious isn't yet second nature to me. Thanks for the reminder.


"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Did you bind the date/time control to an Outlook field?

"JohnG" wrote in message ...
Well nevermind for now, I got bigger problems. I just tested the datepicker
by "run this form" and I can pick a new date just fine but when I send it to
the set email address and open it up today's date shown, not the date picked
by the user.

So I need to chew this problem over first anyways.


"JohnG" wrote:

So I should design the form using the seperate read layout, then activate the
read layout and everything should copy over?



"Hollis Paul [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

In article ,
=?Utf-8?B?Sm9obkc=?= wrote:
But when I copy that control and paste it on reply side of the form it
doesn't take the compose form sides input and copy it to the reply side. As
in when they pick a date on the compose I want that exact same date they
picked to be duplicated to the reply side when I answer the form and send it
back.

The reply side acts like a completely new control box w/no relation to the
compose side. I have done the copy and paste for other controls that do mimic
each other just fine except in this case.

I'm using Outlook 2002 on Windows XP Pro if that has anything to do with it.

Any advice appreciated yet again.

John

That is because it is a completely new control. What you need to do is design
the common elements of the form before you split the form into a compose and
read form. That way, the contents of the control will autoload into the similar
control on the read page.

Go straight to Jail, do not pass go, do not collect 2,000,000 dollars!




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Hollis Paul
Mukilteo, WA USA