Form size questions

[Daniel Sommerfeld]

I am using Outlook 2003 on a Windows XP computer.

I have designed a new form (called no-off) from the default Message form.
All I did was add one field under "Subject": "Billing Information". That
field was added to both Read and Compose.

I published the form to my Personal Forms Library, then did the exact same
process above, except I check the box to save the definition with the form
(called one-off). I then published it to the same location.

When I go to choose a form, the size of "no-off" is 32755 bytes while the
size of "one-off" is 32751 bytes. Is my "no-off" form larger than it should
be? I read that forms are generally 300-500 bytes. I also had a user
connected through a cell GPRS card that said it took a few seconds to
download the form when I emailed him using it.

Is this the expected file size? Am I doing something to one-off my "no-off"
form? It doesn't contain any code, I just added a field through the design
interface.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Where are you looking at the size?

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

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

 

[Daniel Sommerfeld]

Funny that you replied today...I've postponed this project for more important
until this morning when I started working on it again. What a coincedence.

I go to Tools>Forms>Choose Form. In the Choose Form window it shows Form
Name, Last Modified, and Size. This is the size I'm referring to.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Those sizes sound about right for both, since there is little difference between them.

The "300-500 bytes" might have referred to the overhead of using a published custom form to send a message. If you use a one-off form, though, the size of the message would increase by the full size of the form, which would be embedded in the message.

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

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