I am using outlook 2003, trying to create a custom form where the compose
page has several custom fields and the read page contains just the "Message"
field. I want the values from the custom fields to populate into the
"Message" field, however I can not seem to determine how to do this. I have
tried to write the code using the script editor using the item.message,
item.userproperties, or item.userproperties.find methods and keeps telling me
that it cannot do it.

I seem to have to do this because custom forms do not seem to show up in the
reading pane or preview pane so I am hoping that by taking the values in the
custom fields and write them to the message field it will allow the values to
be seen with out opening the actual email.

Can someone help me with this?