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Old September 11th 08, 07:53 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms
Wouter WES
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Default How can I automate a field (linking it to a drop down)

Dear Sue,

First of all thank you for all your support. I also have ordered your book.
Shipping to France will take some time.

In the mean time I hope that I will be able, with your earlier instruction,
to publish my newly developed Contact form without too much problems.

Also, please allow me a new question before I publish this Contact form.

My question is:
I created a dropdown field, containing names of local medical practitioners
(MPs). Next to this field, I created another field for the corresponding MP
telephone number (drop down or text). Once a MP is selected from the drop
down, I have to manually type his / her corresponding telephone number in the
field (text). How can I automate this field so that once I have selected a MP
his corresponding telephone appears in the field next to his name?

Thank you,
Wouter
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Old September 11th 08, 09:15 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms
Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]
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Default How can I automate a field (linking it to a drop down)

You would need to put code behind the form to react to the user's
interaction. The page at http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?ID=38
explains what events are involved and how to set both property values (which
is probably what you want) and control values.
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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54




"Wouter WES" wrote:

Dear Sue,

First of all thank you for all your support. I also have ordered your book.
Shipping to France will take some time.

In the mean time I hope that I will be able, with your earlier instruction,
to publish my newly developed Contact form without too much problems.

Also, please allow me a new question before I publish this Contact form.

My question is:
I created a dropdown field, containing names of local medical practitioners
(MPs). Next to this field, I created another field for the corresponding MP
telephone number (drop down or text). Once a MP is selected from the drop
down, I have to manually type his / her corresponding telephone number in the
field (text). How can I automate this field so that once I have selected a MP
his corresponding telephone appears in the field next to his name?

Thank you,
Wouter

 




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