Outlook Form Issues

[LDMueller]

Hello,

I have Outlook 2003 and have created a published a message form which has a
few issues.

1) The form has a "From" field which I told the users they don't have to
complete because it'll automatically completed when they send the email. My
problem is I have a print button on the form and when they print the form
before sending the email, the "From" field is empty. They are having to go
to their sent items folder and print the form from there to see the "From"
field completed.

2) I have a message box on my form and the Insert File button (paperclip) is
on my toolbar. Again, they can't see there is a file attached on the form
until after they send it.

3) My understanding is the mouse wheel won't work in an Outlook form. I
just want to confirm there's no way around this.

All assistance and advice is greatly appreciated.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

1) This is normal. A message has no sender information until after it has been transmitted to the server.

2) By "message box," do you mean the message body control? It has to be present for files to be inserted.

3) That's my recollection.

 

[LDMueller]

Yes, it's the message box control. If you look at the form in the Sent Items
folder, you can see the attachment. It just doesn't appear until you send it
for some reason and I've allowed enough space for it.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Sorry, but I don't 'follow. What do you mean by "allowed enough space for it"?

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

 

[LDMueller]

From what I've seen, the attachment box appears directly above the Message
Box Control. I just meant I left some blank space between the last field and
the Message Box field so when the attachment box appears it can be seen.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Maybe the size of the message box control itself is too small for it to display the attachment "well."

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