phone note

[Tulasi]

Hello MVPs,

My requirement is to develop a phone call message form in OL 2003. The form
when opened will contain some text fields, dropdowns and check boxes.
- User should be able to fill and send the form
while sending subject should be suffixes with senders name
message should be displayed based on values of check boxes. Ex if
phone number is given the message should display that section of the message
etc.
- receiver should be able to view the message in the preview pane
- receiver should be able to see the autopreview
- receiver should see the form when opened.

Regards,

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Your requirements cannot be met in an Outlook 2003 custom form, because these two are mutually exclusive:

- receiver should be able to view the message in the preview pane
- receiver should see the form when opened.

The reading pane blocks access to the message body for custom form messages. See http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=61 for other information on customizing the message form, including essential prerequisites. The page at http://www.slipstick.com/addins/mssampleapps.htm has links to sample phone message forms.

 

[Tulasi]

thanks Sue. But, if we ignore the preview requiremnet, how to meet the other
requirements? I am unbale to make out reading other threads. Also, I have
gone through the link you sent and my requirement is not met. Please guide me.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

You would need to publish the form where all users can access the form definition. As the page explains, that means either the Organizational Forms library on the Exchange server or each user's Personal Forms library.

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

 

[Tulasi]

Once again thanks Sue. I could find solution to the issue. I have another
question. Black berry is unable to display the form. Is there any way to
display the same out pun in BB. or Is there a way to find the device from BB
so that new mail will be opened and the contents of the original mail are
displayed.

Thanks in advance

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Outlook forms are for Outlook recipients. If you need to support non-Outlook recipients, such as Blackberry devices or web browser email, one solution is to put code in the Item_Send event handler for the form to concatenate the values of the various fields into a single string and then use that string as the value for Body or HTMLBody. THat way, the message body will contain a summary of the phone note details.

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

 

[Tulasi]

I have downloaded the while you were out application , but this is not
showing any thing except a new mail message. Please help.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

You might want to specify what you mean by "the while you were out application" and how you have implemented 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

 

[Tulasi]

My requirement is to develop a phone call message form in OL 2003. The form- User should be able to fill and send the form
while sending subject should be suffixes with senders name
message should be displayed based on values of check boxes. Ex if
phone number is given the message should display that section of the
message
etc.
receiver should be able to view the message in the preview pane
receiver should be able to see the autopreview
receiver should see the form when opened.

I could develop script n the forms window. But, when I send the mail,
preview is not available and user has to open the form to view the details.

Is there any work around to this

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

As I explained, your requirements are mutually exclusive. You have to decide which one of those requirements you can live without. Once you do so, we can work on the solution.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54

 

[Tulasi]

Thansk Sue,
Another question. Can I send text message from witin the form and abort
sending the from with cancel = true.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

No, within a form, to cancel an event, you need to set the event handler function's return value to False.

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