Form protection - allow answers in restricted areas

[KG Old Wolf]

I wish to create a customized form in which the verbiage will be protected.
All we want the user to do is to fill in the answer boxes (free form text).

I know how to this in Word but I cannot locate equivalent functionality in
Outlook 2003.

Sue - you seem to be the guru here; can you just point me to documentation
that will give me a head start?

Thanks,
Ken

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

It's not clear whether an Outlook custom form would be appropriate in the first place. We don't know what type of form, where, or with whom it will be used. How about filling in some of those details?

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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

 

[KG Old Wolf]

Sorry, I can see that the lack of detail was a bit disconcerting.

The form is for our internal use only. Its intent is to provide
e-documentation from our Tech Support staff. The content will be a quick
status report of vairous network hardware and systems at the start of the
day.

We want to have a fixed (protected) format of questions to which the Tech
Support staffer can respond in a specified (unprotected) area.

There should be a drop down list for standard conditions (i.e. "up and
running") but there should also be a free form text box when a problem
description is required. The problem is allowing the free form text box
while protecting the remainder of the form.

We can easily create what we want using a Word template and attaching that
to an e-mail. However, I would prefer to reduce the number of steps our
technicians will have to take in order to provide the desired information
(and the need to click to open an attachment).

FYI - I am not the developer (though I have ability within Word). I am the
CTO asking one of my developers to accomplish this for me. Unfortunately he
is scratching his head right now and I am simply trying to get a pointer to
some helpful documentation.

Thanks and regards,
Ken

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Any individual control on an Outlook custom form can be enabled or disabled using the control's Properties or Advanced Properties dialog. You'll want to either use a post form published in a public folder or use a message form published in the Organizational Forms library.

For information on working with custom Outlook forms, you can start at http://www.outlookcode.com/d/forms.htm
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

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