Hiding default Outlook menus when displaying custom forms

[Long Nguyen]

(outlook 20002)
I have designed a custom Outlook and many users use it. One thing is when
the form is opened for composing or an existing form is opened for viewing
the Outlook drop-down menus (File,Edit, View, Insert, Form, Tools etc) are
still there. Some of these contain "undesired" options. For example the Form
menu contains "Design this form" option, but I do not want user to be able
to design the form that they are filling out or viewing. Is there a way to
hide these menus when a form is opened?

(A MS Technet article shows how to hide the Form/View Code option through
vbscript. I tried this and it hided the option, but also hided it in form
design mode. I did press he Shift key when opening the design mode as
suggested in the article but it did not work.)

Long.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Sounds like you already know the solution (a script like the one you
described) but just need the finishing touch -- code in the Item_Close event
handler to restore the menus to their normal appearance.

 

[Long Nguyen]

Thanks Sue for the info.
So the way to do is programming through vbscript.

Thanks.
Long

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Yes, VBScript is the programming language used for Outlook custom forms.

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