custom outlook task form

[eric.fader]

Hi:

I am currently working on creating a custom outlook task form and have
the following questions:

1. When I assign the task to someone, it sends information from
hidden pages within the email. Is there a way to remove or customize
the message that accompanies the task request?

2. Within the actual form itself, when a user hits enter, it sends
them to the next field. Is there a way to preven this from
happening?

3. I read online that you could use variables and populate portions
of the form with those variables. In my case, I wanted to take the
data entered by the user within a project name field and append it to
the task message subject. However it simply repeats the variable name
itself, not the actual data that should be associated with that
variable.

4. One of my custom fields is the date. I wanted it to be only the
date and not a date a time. For some reason it appends a time. Is
there a way to prevent the time from accompanying the date?

5. I wanted to add instructional text to the custom outlook task form
and I am unable to find a mechanism to do so. How can I add
instructional text at the bottom of the form?

Thanks,
Eric Fader
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

1) You mean a message other than what's already in the item body? I don't think so.

2) Not in most fields. Do you have a particular scenario in mind?

3) Are you using a formula? If so, show it. Or show your VBScript code.

4) Date/time fields always have both date and time parts. Do you mean that you want the time always to be midnight? You'll have to put code in the CustomPropertyChange event handler to update the property value with that time element.

5) Use a label control?

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

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