Detecting Read/Compose State

[Jerry Camel]

Seems to me this should be a pretty basic ability, but I've searched the
forums and sites and can't find it:

I'm using a form to collect information. It's the same form for Read and
Compose. The end user composes - fills out the form. And on the server
side, an automated process will scrape the info and process it. But, if I
open a form sent by an end user, the data is replaced because I'm preloading
some of the fields during the Item_Open event, which fires when the user
composes and when I Read.

So is there an elegant way to detect the state of the message (as compose or
read) or should I just use a hidden field as a flag? Thanks.

Jerry

 

[Jerry Camel]

Nevermind... Item.Sent

Unless there is a better way?

Jerry

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

Item.Sent works only on messages. For a more generic approach, see http://www.outlookcode.com/codedetail.aspx?id=32
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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Jerry Camel]

You're awesome Sue...

I cought that. But I'm only using a message item, so Item.Sent works great
for this.

Thanks!

Jerry


Item.Sent works only on messages. For a more generic approach, see
http://www.outlookcode.com/codedetail.aspx?id=32
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers