Copying Fields within a form

[LoriDe]

Hi All,

I have created an Outlook form which contain the fields below. I want to
list these fields 3 times within the form, one section below the other. So
that all three sections are exactly the same, I highlighted all the fields
and used copy/paste. I saved the form as an .ost file but when testing it,
if I type in the first section of fields, whatever I type appears in all
three sections. Can someone tell me how I can copy and paste the fields
without this happening?

Fields:
Ticket Number, Product Type, Problem Type, Content of Ticket, Resolution
Code, Comments and Suggestions

Thanks in advance,
-Lori

 

[Hollis Paul]

Can someone tell me how I can copy and paste the fields
without this happening?

What you are doing is copying and pasting the controls. While Outlook
automatically changes the names of the controls so that they are
different in the namespace of the form, it does not automatically
change the names of the custom fields to which the new controls are
bound. Since the corresponding controls in each section is bound to
the same custom field, it shows the same data.

What you need to do is define two new sets of custom fields, of the
same type as in the original set, then, in design mode, right-click
each pasted control and bind it to the appropriate new Outlook custom
field. A word to the wise, include a numeral in the name of the new
custom fields, so you can bind the new controls to the field in the
proper set.