How to programatically launch new custom form?

[Rob S]

Hi,

I have a custom form published in my Personal Forms Library. I want to add a
button/menu item that allows me to launch it directly, effectively replacing
the Choose Form operation.

I'm trying to do this via an addin - VC or VB, I don't mind which (but not
using macros, form script, etc.). I can see how I can launch standard forms,
but I can't find a way of directly launching a custom form.

Does anyone know how (or if) I can do this?

Thanks,
Rob

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

To create a new instance of a custom form programmatically, use the Add
method on the target folder's Items collection. If it's a message form, you
can use the Drafts folder as the target. If the target is a default folder,
you can use the Namespace.GetDefaultFolder method to return it as a
MAPIFolder object. Otherwise, you can use the code at
http://www.outlookcode.com/d/code/getfolder.htm to walk the folder hierarchy
and return the MAPIFolder corresponding to a given path string.

See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/launchform.htm for other ideas.