buttons clearing after email sent

[Eric - ARUP]

Hi

I'm completly new to forms design so please forgive if this may seem like a
simple quetion. I have my first form I created, and its nothing complex
thats for sure. Just several fields inside some frames, simple text boxes.
In the form, inside the same frame there are 6 "yes/no" buttons that grouped
together in 2's like so...

do you like pizza {} yes {} no

you get the idea. Anyway the buttons work, you can click yes or no and not
both. However when the email is sent and the reciever clicks either yes or
no and replys it back it clears the buttons when it is recieved. I'm not
sure why.

none of the normal text fields in the form do this only the buttons. being
new to forms design and not having any vb experience i am somewhat lost.

thanks
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[Eric - ARUP]

So i found this in another post..

If you want Outlook to save the data that the user enters through the
control, you must tell it *where* to put the data, specifically what field
you want to use to store it. THis is done on the Value tab of the control's
Properties dialog, at the top where you'll see Choose Field and New buttons.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP


And i think its spot on, I make a new field in the form "yes/no.buttoset1"
set the type to "yes/no" format to "icon" and property to use as "value".
And the value field is blank cause i assume the user will set the value when
they use the form? initial value is set to "calculate this formula
automatically" and the form is published to the exchange server. As far as a
"where" i guess i dont understand. And the button still will not reatin its
setting after being mailed.

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[Eric - ARUP]

ok progressing slowly here, I can get this to work with check boxes for some
reason but not the nice option yes/no buttons. I noticed when i create the
field in (all fields) to populate it in the value tab of the button with and
just drag it over from the "field chooser" everything works, but it chooses a
check box every time. When i drag an option button and tell the value field
that its the field i created it doesnt work.

I also noticed when its dragged from the field chooser the vaule field in
the value tab is greyd out, where as with the option button the value field
is not greyd out. I dont know why.

any help is greatly appreciated.
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[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

You should use a single check box for a Yes/No field, not two option buttons. If you want to use two option buttons, you need to put them both in a single frame, with no other option buttons in the frame, and set the Value for one to False and the other to True.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Eric - ARUP]

wooo! hey that works great, thanks!

But i have a followup question.

I like to use the option button cause it does this either or, when i put the
check boxes in there it becomes possible for the "user" to click both yes and
no at the same time. is there a way to make the check box behave the same
way?

Also, minor but annoying, when i do the option button way, it by default
selects the "NO" button when you open the form after its published. Is there
a way to clear this button till the user selects yes or no?

thanks for the help sue.
Eric

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

If you use a checkbox, you use *one* checkbox. Checked = Yes/True. Unchecked = No/False.

A Yes/No field always has a value of either True or False, the latter being the default. Therefore, you can't avoid having the No option button checked.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers