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I have created a mail form with 4 pages. Now, by default I have hidden
all the forms except for the default mail page. As per the value selected by the user, these form pages were populated. I wrote a script using either one of the two mentioned below: Sub Item_CustomPropertyChange(ByVal Name) Function Item_Send() Now, as per the value I select from the Dropdown box, only the concerned Form Page becomes visible. But when I send it out, the recipient receives only the first page (ie. Mail page) and not the other visible page. I rerun the whole thing in the opposite way. This time, I made all the pages visible and as per my dropdown value, all the other Form Page becomes hidden. This works for me but when I send it out again, the recipient receives the form with all the four pages visible. Any idea why the same view that I get is not received by the recipient ? I have not set a separate READ page for the other Pages except the Mail Page. |
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Lalthan wrote: I rerun the whole thing in the opposite way. This time, I made all the pages visible and as per my dropdown value, all the other Form Page becomes hidden. This works for me but when I send it out again, the recipient receives the form with all the four pages visible. Did you save the list-value of the drop-down control to an Array type Outlook variable, and the index-value to a numeric type Outlook variable? Do you re-load and initialize the drop-down control when it is opened in read mode? -- Hollis Paul Mukilteo, WA USA |
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The code I use is as below:
Function Item_Open() MyValue = item.UserProperties("request") Set myInspector = Item.GetInspector Set myPages = myInspector.ModifiedFormPages If MyValue "" Then If MyValue = "1" Then myInspector.ShowFormPage("1") myInspector.HideFormPage("2") myInspector.HideFormPage("3") myInspector.HideFormPage("4") ElseIf MyValue = "2" Then myInspector.ShowFormPage("2") myInspector.HideFormPage("1") myInspector.HideFormPage("3") myInspector.HideFormPage("4") ElseIf MyValue = "3" Then myInspector.ShowFormPage("3") myInspector.HideFormPage("1") myInspector.HideFormPage("2") myInspector.HideFormPage("4") ElseIf MyValue = "4" Then myInspector.ShowFormPage("4") myInspector.HideFormPage("1") myInspector.HideFormPage("2") myInspector.HideFormPage("3") Else myInspector.ShowFormPage("1") myInspector.ShowFormPage("2") myInspector.ShowFormPage("3") myInspector.ShowFormPage("4") End If End If End Function Now, the recipient is still seeing all 4 pages. Also, on Reply by the recipient, the form is lost. The form is still attached only if the recipient forwards it back to the original sender or forwards it to another person. I have also tried the Sub Item_CustomPropertyChange(ByVal Name) and added the above code, but the same is working only for the original sender. |
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Lalthan wrote: Now, the recipient is still seeing all 4 pages. Also, on Reply by the recipient, the form is lost. The form is still attached only if the recipient forwards it back to the original sender or forwards it to another person. I have also tried the Sub Item_CustomPropertyChange(ByVal Name) and added the above code, but the same is working only for the original sender. What you are not showing is how you save a value to item.UserProperties("request"). From your description of the pages that are seen, I infer that there is no value in item.UserProperties("request") and the code is falling into the else clause. Other questions that have not been addressed: Where is the form published? Does the recipient have access to it? -- Hollis Paul Mukilteo, WA USA |
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What you are not showing is how you save a value to
item.UserProperties("request"). From your description of the pages that are seen, I infer that there is no value in item.UserProperties("request") and the code is falling into the else clause. request is the value of the dropdown assigned for the combobox (name - combobox1). On the properties page for Combobox1, on the value tab, I have assigned a new field named "request" (Property to use As Value) Where is the form published? The Form is published on a public folder Does the recipient have access to it? The recipients have access to this folder. Also, when I send a reply mail from the recipient, the form does not get displayed. The form gets displayed only if I forward it again from the recipient to another user. |
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In article . com,
Lalthan wrote: Where is the form published? The Form is published on a public folder Does the recipient have access to it? The recipients have access to this folder. Also, when I send a reply mail from the recipient, the form does not get displayed. The form gets displayed only if I forward it again from the recipient to another user. Well, unless you have code in the Item-open event to add a new instance of your custom message and then add the contents of the incoming message to it, your recipients will probably never see it displayed in the custom form. Exchange/Outlook will look for the custom form first in the Exchange Organizational Forms library, then in the local cache, and then in the personal forms library, if it exists. It does not search through public folders to find the custom form. The solution is to move the form definition from the public folder to the Exchange Org Forms Library. Your recipients will then be able to find the custom form. Now, back to "request". From what you have said, I infer that the text of what is selected in the drop-down list is getting saved to the variable you created. This will not evaluate to a numerical value when you try to use it in your code. What you need to do is create two custom fields, one of type array, and one of type numeric. You need to save the Array value of the combo-box to the field of type array, and the index value of the combo-box to the numeric-type field. The Combo-box should be set as unbound, and you have to provide the code, in the click-event handler, to save to save these two values. Then, when the item is opened at the recipient, you need to provide code to reconstruct the state of the combo-box from the saved fields. Review these pages for sample code and how-to information: Syntax for Microsoft Outlook property and control values and events 5/10/2006 Correct syntax for accessing Microsoft Outlook property and control values and writing events that respond to changes in properties or control values http://www.outlookcode.com/archive0/d/propsyntax.htm - 31 KB To populate a combo box on a Microsoft Outlook form 5/10/2006 Microsoft Outlook VBScript code sample to populate a combo or list box on an Outlook form using an ADO disconnected recordset http://www.outlookcode.com/d/code/popcombobox.htm - 20 KB Controls on Microsoft Outlook Custom Forms 5/10/2006 Tips, tricks and other resources for using controls on Microsoft Outlook forms http://www.outlookcode.com/d/formcontrols.htm - 35 KB -- Hollis Paul Mukilteo, WA USA |
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Dear Hollis,
Thanks very much for such an exhaustive explanation. Now, my only problem is how to set create two custom fields, one of type array, and one of type numeric. Can you show me a few example while I go through the syntax from www.outlookcode.com ![]() Thanks |
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Just to add to the below field, I don't think I have any unbound field.
lalthan wrote: Dear Hollis, Thanks very much for such an exhaustive explanation. Now, my only problem is how to set create two custom fields, one of type array, and one of type numeric. Can you show me a few example while I go through the syntax from www.outlookcode.com ![]() Thanks |
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In article .com,
Lalthan wrote: Just to add to the below field, I don't think I have any unbound field. Of course not. Unbound refers only to controls, which are unbound, or bound to fields. What that means is the following: A bound control has no click event available to the programmer. The click event really does happen but it is consumed by the code that was set up when the control was bound to the field. You don't see that code, but it is there, somewhere. When you hit enter on a bound control, the value of the control is automatically transferred to field that is bound to the control. This does not happen with an unbound control. When you hit enter with an unbound control, like a button, processing control is switched to a click-event handler. You can then put any code you like into the click-event and do a lot of things. But, if you do not also save the value of the control to a field, it is lost when the form is closed. -- Hollis Paul Mukilteo, WA USA |
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In article .com,
Lalthan wrote: Now, my only problem is how to set create two custom fields, one of type array, and one of type numeric. Can you show me a few example while I go through the syntax from www.outlookcode.com ![]() You do not really want to create a field using code. Just click the field chooser control, click the new button, choose the User Defined Field in the Folder category, then create a control. You will be forced to select a type for the field--choose the one that sounds like an array for one, and numeric for the other. -- Hollis Paul Mukilteo, WA USA |
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