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I've developed a custom form for my contacts (gave on on the archaic BCM
forms and non-solutions) and have that working - how do I change the reading pane form to be the same as the (revised) default form now in use for my contacts? thanks. |
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You can't. Outlook does not display custom forms in the reading pane.
-- 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 "Frustrated to the MAX!" wrote in message ... I've developed a custom form for my contacts (gave on on the archaic BCM forms and non-solutions) and have that working - how do I change the reading pane form to be the same as the (revised) default form now in use for my contacts? thanks. |
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thanks sue - okay, when I modify a custom form for my contacts, it appears to
me that the change is not reflected in all the contacts that use that form .... Am I doing something wrong? And if every contact isn't automatically updated with the same named form it uses (quite unbelievable to me if true), then how do you automatically update all existing contacts using the modified custom form? Please, oh please don't tell me the only solution is to run scripts and modify the registry :-) thanks. "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: You can't. Outlook does not display custom forms in the reading pane. -- 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 "Frustrated to the MAX!" wrote in message ... I've developed a custom form for my contacts (gave on on the archaic BCM forms and non-solutions) and have that working - how do I change the reading pane form to be the same as the (revised) default form now in use for my contacts? thanks. |
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After you modified the form, did you increment the version number and republish the form with the same name/message class?
-- 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 "Frustrated to the MAX!" wrote in message ... when I modify a custom form for my contacts, it appears to me that the change is not reflected in all the contacts that use that form ... Am I doing something wrong? And if every contact isn't automatically updated with the same named form it uses (quite unbelievable to me if true), then how do you automatically update all existing contacts using the modified custom form? Please, oh please don't tell me the only solution is to run scripts and modify the registry :-) |
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got it to work by inserting code into the form - how do i get rid of the
"done" box that now pops up prior to every contact openning? If I eliminate the code in that form, will the contacts keep using the new form, or does the code need to run every time prior to openning a contact? code was found he http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290659 "Frustrated to the MAX!" wrote: thanks sue - okay, when I modify a custom form for my contacts, it appears to me that the change is not reflected in all the contacts that use that form ... Am I doing something wrong? And if every contact isn't automatically updated with the same named form it uses (quite unbelievable to me if true), then how do you automatically update all existing contacts using the modified custom form? Please, oh please don't tell me the only solution is to run scripts and modify the registry :-) thanks. "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: You can't. Outlook does not display custom forms in the reading pane. -- 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 "Frustrated to the MAX!" wrote in message ... I've developed a custom form for my contacts (gave on on the archaic BCM forms and non-solutions) and have that working - how do I change the reading pane form to be the same as the (revised) default form now in use for my contacts? thanks. |
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Delete the MsgBox "Done" statement.
The code that you cited changes the MessageClass property on existing items so that they will use your custom form. You should run that form only once. You should ****not**** use that code in your own custom form. -- 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 "Frustrated to the MAX!" wrote in message ... got it to work by inserting code into the form - how do i get rid of the "done" box that now pops up prior to every contact openning? If I eliminate the code in that form, will the contacts keep using the new form, or does the code need to run every time prior to openning a contact? code was found he http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290659 "Frustrated to the MAX!" wrote: thanks sue - okay, when I modify a custom form for my contacts, it appears to me that the change is not reflected in all the contacts that use that form ... Am I doing something wrong? And if every contact isn't automatically updated with the same named form it uses (quite unbelievable to me if true), then how do you automatically update all existing contacts using the modified custom form? Please, oh please don't tell me the only solution is to run scripts and modify the registry :-) |
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I don't understand the concepts here - I put that code into my custom form
and left it there...if it's not supposed to go there, where does it go and how do you run it across a particular folder to have that folders contents reflect the use of the new form? I'm pulling my hair out, I'm a frickin computer science major and this stuff is unbelievably confusing... "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Delete the MsgBox "Done" statement. The code that you cited changes the MessageClass property on existing items so that they will use your custom form. You should run that form only once. You should ****not**** use that code in your own custom form. -- 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 "Frustrated to the MAX!" wrote in message ... got it to work by inserting code into the form - how do i get rid of the "done" box that now pops up prior to every contact openning? If I eliminate the code in that form, will the contacts keep using the new form, or does the code need to run every time prior to openning a contact? code was found he http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290659 "Frustrated to the MAX!" wrote: thanks sue - okay, when I modify a custom form for my contacts, it appears to me that the change is not reflected in all the contacts that use that form ... Am I doing something wrong? And if every contact isn't automatically updated with the same named form it uses (quite unbelievable to me if true), then how do you automatically update all existing contacts using the modified custom form? Please, oh please don't tell me the only solution is to run scripts and modify the registry :-) |
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