Outlook 2003...building a custom form.

I need to make a command button open a new form. The command button is
"CommandButton26" -- I am very new at programming and was wondering if
anyone would help me out on a code to make this button open a new form. The
forms I am working with are contact forms...

I would appreciate any assistance! thanks!

To create a new instance of a custom form programmatically, use the Add method on the target folder's Items collection:

Set newItem = targetFolder.Items.Add("IPM.Post.YourFormName")

If it's a message form, use the Drafts folder as the target. If the target is a default folder, you can use the Namespace.GetDefaultFolder method to return it as a MAPIFolder object. To create an item in another person's mailbox, use Namespace.GetSharedDefaultFolder to get the MAPIFolder Otherwise, you can use the code at http://www.outlookcode.com/d/code/getfolder.htm to walk the folder hierarchy and return the MAPIFolder corresponding to a given path string.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54


"Steve" wrote in message ...
Outlook 2003...building a custom form.

I need to make a command button open a new form. The command button is
"CommandButton26" -- I am very new at programming and was wondering if
anyone would help me out on a code to make this button open a new form. The
forms I am working with are contact forms...

I would appreciate any assistance! thanks!

Thank you -- Great book by the way, I use it nearly everyday!

thanks again Sue.

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

To create a new instance of a custom form programmatically, use the Add method on the target folder's Items collection:

Set newItem = targetFolder.Items.Add("IPM.Post.YourFormName")

If it's a message form, use the Drafts folder as the target. If the target is a default folder, you can use the Namespace.GetDefaultFolder method to return it as a MAPIFolder object. To create an item in another person's mailbox, use Namespace.GetSharedDefaultFolder to get the MAPIFolder Otherwise, you can use the code at http://www.outlookcode.com/d/code/getfolder.htm to walk the folder hierarchy and return the MAPIFolder corresponding to a given path string.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54


"Steve" wrote in message ...
Outlook 2003...building a custom form.

I need to make a command button open a new form. The command button is
"CommandButton26" -- I am very new at programming and was wondering if
anyone would help me out on a code to make this button open a new form. The
forms I am working with are contact forms...

I would appreciate any assistance! thanks!