Create more than 1 Message Block in a Form

[erunyonadv-pwr]

I am trying to create a Form via an email message. I can't seem to get more
than 1 Message Block to work. Whatever I type in one Message Block is
repeated in the others once the message is sent. Is there another option
besides a message block that can be used to input multiple lines in two or
more sections of the same page?

Thanks for your help.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

A message has only one message body. You can feel free to put as many text boxes as you like on a custom form, but if you want their information to appear in the message body, you'll have to provide code to concatenate that information.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

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

 

[erunyonadv-pwr]

I tried text boxes, but I need multiple lines with breaks which text boxes
can't do.
I would like mulitple Message areas.

What code and where should it go?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Yes they can, if you set the Multiline property to True in the Advanced Properties dialog for the control.

The code goes in the Item_Send event handler. It depends on many details you haven't disclosed:

1) Whether the text boxes are bound to Outlook properties and if so, the names of those properties. See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/propsyntax.htm for a primer on both.

2) Whether the message is in HTML or plain text format

For a plain text message, it would be:

Function Item_Send()
Item.Body = Item.Body & <text that you want to append to the body>
End Function

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

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