All,

I have created a form and I want that form to work on replies and forwards
just as it does when it is first created. How?

Thanks,
Jeff Riley

Set the Forward and Reply actions on the (Actions) page of the form, in design mode, to your published custom formm.

--
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

" wrote in message ...
All,

I have created a form and I want that form to work on replies and forwards
just as it does when it is first created. How?

Thanks,
Jeff Riley

What if the form is published to my personal form library. When the recipient
clicks on reply they get the following error:

"The form you selected could not be displayed."

I don't have permission to my company's organazational forms library. Is
there a way that I can send the form to be used for reply to be sent by the
email.

Thanks for your help,

Amir

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Set the Forward and Reply actions on the (Actions) page of the form, in design mode, to your published custom formm.

--
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

" wrote in message ...
All,

I have created a form and I want that form to work on replies and forwards
just as it does when it is first created. How?

Thanks,
Jeff Riley

You would have to make a prior arrangement with the recipient to send them the form as an .oft or .fdm file with instructions on how to publish or install it.

In other words, if you can't publish to the Org Forms library, you shouldn't plan on using a custom reply 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

"Amir" wrote in message ...
What if the form is published to my personal form library. When the recipient
clicks on reply they get the following error:

"The form you selected could not be displayed."

I don't have permission to my company's organazational forms library. Is
there a way that I can send the form to be used for reply to be sent by the
email.

Thanks for your help,

Amir

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Set the Forward and Reply actions on the (Actions) page of the form, in design mode, to your published custom formm.

" wrote in message ...
All,

I have created a form and I want that form to work on replies and forwards
just as it does when it is first created. How?

Thanks,
Jeff Riley

Thanks for your quick reply Sue.

How else can I send a form to a recipient and ask them to fill it out and
send it back to me withouth needing to publish or install the form to their
own personal form library.

by the way, would you please instruct me on how to create .oft or fdm file
and how to ask the users to publish or install the form.

I'm looking for the easiest way this is possible.

Many thanks for your help.

Amir

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You would have to make a prior arrangement with the recipient to send them the form as an .oft or .fdm file with instructions on how to publish or install it.

In other words, if you can't publish to the Org Forms library, you shouldn't plan on using a custom reply 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

"Amir" wrote in message ...
What if the form is published to my personal form library. When the recipient
clicks on reply they get the following error:

"The form you selected could not be displayed."

I don't have permission to my company's organazational forms library. Is
there a way that I can send the form to be used for reply to be sent by the
email.

Thanks for your help,

Amir

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Set the Forward and Reply actions on the (Actions) page of the form, in design mode, to your published custom formm.

" wrote in message ...
All,

I have created a form and I want that form to work on replies and forwards
just as it does when it is first created. How?

Thanks,
Jeff Riley

Sue,

Just a quick question. Do you have that noted somewhere in the book. I
must admit I have been jumping around the book so I may have missed that.

Thanks as always,
Jeff

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Set the Forward and Reply actions on the (Actions) page of the form, in design mode, to your published custom formm.

--
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

" wrote in message ...
All,

I have created a form and I want that form to work on replies and forwards
just as it does when it is first created. How?

Thanks,
Jeff Riley

Sue,

I am close, but now it is telling me after I select reply, that some of my
objects are missing. I am getting "Object required: 'my variable name' Line
No:212". I declared these variables as global outside of any subs and
functions. I am guessing that these are not getting re-initialized when I
select reply or forward. Do I have to declare all of them again inside the
Item_Reply, and Item_Forward functions?

Thanks,
Jeff

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Set the Forward and Reply actions on the (Actions) page of the form, in design mode, to your published custom formm.

--
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

" wrote in message ...
All,

I have created a form and I want that form to work on replies and forwards
just as it does when it is first created. How?

Thanks,
Jeff Riley

Outlook forms really aren't suitable for that kind of task, especially if the version is Outlook 2003 SP2. A web site form would be better for gathering data.

To create an .oft form template file, with Word as your editor, choose File | Save As. The user would then run the form (in OL2003 SP2, using Tools | Forms | Choose Form) and choose Tools | Forms | Publish Form to publish it.

--
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

"Amir" wrote in message ...
Thanks for your quick reply Sue.

How else can I send a form to a recipient and ask them to fill it out and
send it back to me withouth needing to publish or install the form to their
own personal form library.

by the way, would you please instruct me on how to create .oft or fdm file
and how to ask the users to publish or install the form.

I'm looking for the easiest way this is possible.

Many thanks for your help.

Amir

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You would have to make a prior arrangement with the recipient to send them the form as an .oft or .fdm file with instructions on how to publish or install it.

In other words, if you can't publish to the Org Forms library, you shouldn't plan on using a custom reply form.


"Amir" wrote in message ...
What if the form is published to my personal form library. When the recipient
clicks on reply they get the following error:

"The form you selected could not be displayed."

I don't have permission to my company's organazational forms library. Is
there a way that I can send the form to be used for reply to be sent by the
email.

Thanks for your help,

Amir

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Set the Forward and Reply actions on the (Actions) page of the form, in design mode, to your published custom formm.

" wrote in message ...
All,

I have created a form and I want that form to work on replies and forwards
just as it does when it is first created. How?

Thanks,
Jeff Riley

I don't think it's in the book anywhere, probably because I didn't play around with forwarding custom items until later.

It won't be in the next book either, because custom message forms are pretty much extinct as of Outlook 2007 + Exchange 2007, except possibly for some specialized applications like distributing holidays or other "settings" and some "poor person's workflow" scenarios. InfoPath 2007 forms are by far the better choice for ad hoc data gathering like Amir is trying to do.

--
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

" wrote in message ...
Sue,

Just a quick question. Do you have that noted somewhere in the book. I
must admit I have been jumping around the book so I may have missed that.

Thanks as always,
Jeff

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Set the Forward and Reply actions on the (Actions) page of the form, in design mode, to your published custom formm.

--
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

" wrote in message ...
All,

I have created a form and I want that form to work on replies and forwards
just as it does when it is first created. How?

Thanks,
Jeff Riley

You're declaring the variables, but where are you instantiating them?

Show the statement on line 212 and enough preceding statements for us to know where the variable values come from.

--
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

" wrote in message ...
Sue,

I am close, but now it is telling me after I select reply, that some of my
objects are missing. I am getting "Object required: 'my variable name' Line
No:212". I declared these variables as global outside of any subs and
functions. I am guessing that these are not getting re-initialized when I
select reply or forward. Do I have to declare all of them again inside the
Item_Reply, and Item_Forward functions?

Thanks,
Jeff

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Set the Forward and Reply actions on the (Actions) page of the form, in design mode, to your published custom formm.


" wrote in message ...
All,

I have created a form and I want that form to work on replies and forwards
just as it does when it is first created. How?

Thanks,
Jeff Riley