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I'm confused as to what should be showing on the compose page and read page.
I built a form with all user-defined fields and when sending it only my signature was showing multiple times. When I finally noticed the read page tab (which was not mentioned in the tutorial) I saw my signature repeated multiple times. What the heck am I missing? What do these two tabs actually mean? Cheers. |
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=?Utf-8?B?SWFuIE0uIFdhbGtlcg==?= wrote: I built a form with all user-defined fields and when sending it only my signature was showing multiple times. When I finally noticed the read page tab (which was not mentioned in the tutorial) I saw my signature repeated multiple times. What the heck am I missing? What do these two tabs actually mean? Outlook forms have the capability of having both a compose page, which you see when you create a new data item, and a read page, which becomes visible only when the item is sent. The two pages do not have to be the same. Most people do not want or need this feature in their forms. The great, all powerful management decreed that, for Outlook 2003, the a new form would initialize in split mode. This removes the need for all those question from poor souls who want a compose/read split form. Unfortunately, it then creates a lot of messages for others who do not want the feature, such as your self, and who hadn't noticed that it was set from the get-go, and then wonder what is screwing up their design and how to turn it off. Needless to say, those of us who have been down this road before feel your pane. When you open a custom form in design mode, click the forms menu and uncheck the option for a separate read form. It will give you a warning saying that you will lose the contents of the read page, but since you haven't put anything there, you won't really lose anything. Accept the caution and proceed, knowing that, if all goes well, what you or your recipient sees when they open a sent form is the same as what you saw when you composed the custom form. There are tricks to be employed when designing split forms, so if you ever need to do that, ask about them then. -- Hollis Paul Mukilteo, WA USA |
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Thank you SO much!
Unlike a certain MVP around here who simply answers "use the help", "explore", "experiment", you felt my pain and gave the solution so that I can get back to some real work here at work. This completely resolved my issue of none of my filled in fields appearing after I had sent the form off. Cheers. ![]() "Hollis Paul" wrote: In article , =?Utf-8?B?SWFuIE0uIFdhbGtlcg==?= wrote: I built a form with all user-defined fields and when sending it only my signature was showing multiple times. When I finally noticed the read page tab (which was not mentioned in the tutorial) I saw my signature repeated multiple times. What the heck am I missing? What do these two tabs actually mean? Outlook forms have the capability of having both a compose page, which you see when you create a new data item, and a read page, which becomes visible only when the item is sent. The two pages do not have to be the same. Most people do not want or need this feature in their forms. The great, all powerful management decreed that, for Outlook 2003, the a new form would initialize in split mode. This removes the need for all those question from poor souls who want a compose/read split form. Unfortunately, it then creates a lot of messages for others who do not want the feature, such as your self, and who hadn't noticed that it was set from the get-go, and then wonder what is screwing up their design and how to turn it off. Needless to say, those of us who have been down this road before feel your pane. When you open a custom form in design mode, click the forms menu and uncheck the option for a separate read form. It will give you a warning saying that you will lose the contents of the read page, but since you haven't put anything there, you won't really lose anything. Accept the caution and proceed, knowing that, if all goes well, what you or your recipient sees when they open a sent form is the same as what you saw when you composed the custom form. There are tricks to be employed when designing split forms, so if you ever need to do that, ask about them then. -- Hollis Paul Mukilteo, WA USA |
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In article ,
=?Utf-8?B?SWFuIE0uIFdhbGtlcg==?= wrote: Unlike a certain MVP around here who simply answers "use the help", "explore", "experiment", you felt my pain and gave the solution so that I can get back to some real work here at work. Said MVP is the real backbone of this newsgroup, answering 99% of the questions. Right now she has taken on a lot of extra work in an advanced degree program, so her answers may be a little short. So, don't burn any bridges, as I am in the process of disappearing altogether. At the moment, I'm very much the Cheshire Cat, only the smile lingers in this forum. -- Hollis Paul Mukilteo, WA USA |
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