Opening a specific Custom form with a macro

[DawnTreader]

hello

i have a number of custom forms i use for different purposes and i need to
create a button that will call upon them and then save them in the proper
folder.

for example, i am a service coordinator, i send technicians to fix things
all over and for each trip i need to have a checklist. the form is made, i
have a checklist appointment form that i call PreTripChecklist. i want to be
able to press a button and have it open that form and then when i finish i
need it to be saved in my normal personal calender so that i will get a
reminder.

that last is the real problem, even though i have created other folders to
use those forms in the problem is that i wont get a reminder if the items are
stored in another folder other than the main calender folder.

if someone can suggest some code, or lead me to a tute or something, it
would be appreciated. thanks.

 

[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:

Set newItem = targetFolder.Items.Add("IPM.Post.YourFormName")

If it's a message form, 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. To create an item in another person's mailbox, use Namespace.GetSharedDefaultFolder to get the MAPIFolder 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.

If you want reminders from non-default folders, upgrade to Outlook 2007 (for folders in your default store) or get the add-in from http://www.slovaktech.com

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

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

 

[DawnTreader]

Hello

thanks for the response!

i will try some of that out. the outlook 2007 option is up to the company i
work for.

let you know later how things work out.

 

[DawnTreader]

Hello Sue

can i use something like you have mentioned in your post to push a form to
someone's calendar to be used as the default form?

or will they have to install it manually?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

Sorry, but I don't know that "something" you might be referring to. See
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=27 for info on distributing forms
to other users and http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?ID=39 for
information on making a form the default for a folder. That's a task that
only a folder owner can do, not someone with only delegate rights.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54

 

[DawnTreader]

Hello Sue

sorry, sometimes i write in haste...

this is what i meant by something: Namespace.GetSharedDefaultFolder

can i use "something", code or script like the one i asked about to open a
form and dump it to a specific folder, to install a form in a shared calendar
folder. i can get the user to make me an "owner" of the folder but i dont
know if this is the best way to go about this. i could walk him through the
steps to "publish" a form to his folder, but i dont even fully understand the
way the forms managment dialog works. i think that its the most unintuitive
interface microsoft has.

anyways, those links you posted will probalby help me to come up with a
solution, thanks for your time.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

Yes, if you want to publish a form to another person's defautl mailbox
folder and IF you have appropriate permission, GetSharedDefaultFolder would
play a role. But that's only a small part of the process. I think a better
solution would be to give the other person a script to run.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54