Hi,
Is it possible to add a custom form to an Appointment Item and contols
to that custom form in C# and make the form visible with out publishing the
form ? What I want to do (and dont know if is possible) is if a user has the
add-in installed and opens an Appointment Item, the Appointment Item will
display the custom form but if user sends the appointment (meeting request)
to other users, it sends the normal appointment item without the custom form.

An item of any type doesn't get a custom form added, it either uses a custom
form or uses the standard form for that Class of item.

It's never a good idea to add controls at runtime to a form, that one-offs
the item and causes various bad things. The best approach is to use an
already published custom form and set the MessageClass of the item to that
MessageClass to display your custom controls. After you display/harvest data
from the item you can then change the MessageClass back to its original
setting.

--
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


"lg" wrote in message
...
Hi,
Is it possible to add a custom form to an Appointment Item and contols
to that custom form in C# and make the form visible with out publishing
the
form ? What I want to do (and dont know if is possible) is if a user has
the
add-in installed and opens an Appointment Item, the Appointment Item will
display the custom form but if user sends the appointment (meeting
request)
to other users, it sends the normal appointment item without the custom
form.

I doubt that it would work. Adding controls programmatically embeds the form definition into the item, so it would probably travel with the meeting request. Either wait for Outlook 2007 and form regions or use the third-party component at http://www.add-in-express.com/outlook-extension/ to accomplish the same thing in earlier versions.
--
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

"lg" wrote in message ...
Hi,
Is it possible to add a custom form to an Appointment Item and contols
to that custom form in C# and make the form visible with out publishing the
form ? What I want to do (and dont know if is possible) is if a user has the
add-in installed and opens an Appointment Item, the Appointment Item will
display the custom form but if user sends the appointment (meeting request)
to other users, it sends the normal appointment item without the custom form.

Thanks for the help Ken and hi Sue, I am working with Outlook 2003, is there
any way of adding a custom form in the New_Inspector event and when the user
selects Send (arranging a meeting with other users), in the send event remove
the custom form and send the appointment item as normal without the custom
form and therefore not one-offing the form.

It might be possible in the AppointmentItem.Send event handler, but my experience is that anything involving custom forms and meeting requests is a little dicey.
--
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

"lg" wrote in message ...
Thanks for the help Ken and hi Sue, I am working with Outlook 2003, is there
any way of adding a custom form in the New_Inspector event and when the user
selects Send (arranging a meeting with other users), in the send event remove
the custom form and send the appointment item as normal without the custom
form and therefore not one-offing the form.

I can remove the controls from the custom form in the send event but when it
comes to removing the custom form itself (the tab on the appointment item) in
the event it dosnt work. I have also tried hiding the custom form also using
the "HideFormPage" method and that dosnt seem to work either.

I saw on another thread where you suggected to hide the form before
publishing it and then show it when needed but I am afraid it did'nt work
here. Do you have any suggestions why ?

I saw on another thread where you suggected to hide the form before
publishing it and then show it when needed but I am afraid it did'nt work
here. Do you have any suggestions why ?

What in particular didn't work? Code snippet?

--
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

"lg" wrote in message ...
I can remove the controls from the custom form in the send event but when it
comes to removing the custom form itself (the tab on the appointment item) in
the event it dosnt work. I have also tried hiding the custom form also using
the "HideFormPage" method and that dosnt seem to work either.

Usually in the NewInspector event handler the only properties of
Inspector.CurrentItem that may be available are MessageClass and Class,
EntryID may also be available. You are best waiting for the first Activate
of the Inspector.

But, as Sue mentioned sending meeting requests and trying to fudge things is
a frustrating exercise.

--
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


"lg" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the help Ken and hi Sue, I am working with Outlook 2003, is
there
any way of adding a custom form in the New_Inspector event and when the
user
selects Send (arranging a meeting with other users), in the send event
remove
the custom form and send the appointment item as normal without the custom
form and therefore not one-offing the form.