Saving and emailing messages with form fields

[rothberg]

I create emails with form fields, but when I send them the fields disappear.
Why?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

How are you creating the messages? HTML form fields or Outlook custom form fields?

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

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

 

[rothberg]

I open a new mail message. On the view menu I select forms. On the forms
toolbar I select drop down form fields, and configure them accordingly. I
save the email message as a template.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Ah, that's the Word toolbar for creating forms in documents. You can't gather data with email messages using such forms. Consider an Outlook form instead -- see http://www.outlookcode.com/d/forms.htm and http://www.outlookcode.com/d/messageform.htm

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

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

I open a new mail message. On the view menu I select forms. On the forms
toolbar I select drop down form fields, and configure them accordingly. I
save the email message as a template.