Custom form fields to look the same in different windows, computer

[Len Chaston]

I have made a custom task form. I have a 19" Dell monitor at work, a 15"
Toshiba laptop at my construction site, and a 22" LG monitor at home. How
can I get the form to look the same on each monitor? If I put all the fields
lined up nicely on one machine, they are all over the place on the other
machines.

I have a notes field in the form and it gets very squished when I switch
from full screen to a window. How do I control that.

 

[Hollis Paul]

I have a notes field in the form and it gets very squished when I switch
from full screen to a window. How do I control that.

In web pages, one puts one's page stuff in a fixed width table of width
550, or maybe 580, pixels and center the table on the available page. So,
if the table width is chosen to be a width that displays well on your
smallest screen, then it will look fairly good on the bigger screens, as
well.

So, you want to design your form in HTML mode, and do the table the first
thing in the body, and then paste in the other stuff.

Now, as I recall, you can't change the first page of a task form, so I am
not really sure how you can do this.

 

[Len Chaston]

Thanks Paul,

I didn't know that HTML was an option and I will look into that.

I used the 2nd tab of the task form and marked the 1st page to be hidden. I
sure wish you could modify the first page!

- Len

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

HTML is not an option. TaskItem does not support the HTMLBody property.You can get a little control with the "resize with form" setting that applies to most form controls.

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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