I have been looking for this for a while now but have not found a clear
answer.

Does anyone know what "valid" entries are for the Version and Form
Number properties on a form?

For example (Version):
1
1.1
1.1.1
1.1.1.1

Which, if any, of those are valid entries? Valid in the sense that if
a form version 1.1.2 is cached on someone's machine and that same form,
updated, and with version 1.1.3 is published to the OFL, Outlook on
that machine would do an accurate compare on the version numbers and
pull the new one?

Does outlook correctly distinguish between 1.2 and 1.3? 1.2.1 and
1.2.2? Or can it only do the difference between 1 and 2?

Same question for "Form Number"

This is in regards to Outlook 2003.


Thank you very very much
Kelly Johnson

Anything you want to put in those properties will be reasonable. They are there for you to maintain your own system of versioning and numbering that you can see on the Help | About This Form dialog.

--
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


"sublimese" wrote in message oups.com...
I have been looking for this for a while now but have not found a clear
answer.

Does anyone know what "valid" entries are for the Version and Form
Number properties on a form?

For example (Version):
1
1.1
1.1.1
1.1.1.1

Which, if any, of those are valid entries? Valid in the sense that if
a form version 1.1.2 is cached on someone's machine and that same form,
updated, and with version 1.1.3 is published to the OFL, Outlook on
that machine would do an accurate compare on the version numbers and
pull the new one?

Does outlook correctly distinguish between 1.2 and 1.3? 1.2.1 and
1.2.2? Or can it only do the difference between 1 and 2?

Same question for "Form Number"

This is in regards to Outlook 2003.


Thank you very very much
Kelly Johnson

Sue,
Thank you very much for your reply.

Your reply indicates that "Version" and "Form Number" are ONLY there
for personal organization and have no bearing on Outlook determining if
it has the latest version of a form. Is this correct?

Thank you very much
Kelly Johnson

Correct. Outlook will happily use version 10.0 as the latest version if it was published after version 11.0

--
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


"sublimese" wrote in message oups.com...
Sue,
Thank you very much for your reply.

Your reply indicates that "Version" and "Form Number" are ONLY there
for personal organization and have no bearing on Outlook determining if
it has the latest version of a form. Is this correct?

Thank you very much
Kelly Johnson

Sue,
Thank you very much

Kelly Johnson