User-defined fields in Forms

[PSULionRP]

Can anyone help me out here??? I created a user-defined field called
Processing Date that I dropped into my Subject line. When I bring up the
form, it is indeed there. However when I e-mail the form it is no longer
there. I checked the properties and the advanced properties on the label and
the actual date and it all seems good to me.

What am I doing wrong here??? Sooooooooo frustrating....Can someone please
help me???

Thanks in advance for your help.

PSULionRP

 

[Taylor]

Can anyone help me out here??? I created a user-defined field called
Processing Date that I dropped into my Subject line. When I bring up the
form, it is indeed there. However when I e-mail the form it is no longer
there. I checked the properties and the advanced properties on the label
and
the actual date and it all seems good to me.

What am I doing wrong here??? Sooooooooo frustrating....Can someone please
help me???

Thanks in advance for your help.

PSULionRP

You must check "send form description with email" so the receiving user will
receive your custom fields. I don't remember where exactly that check box
is located, probably in advance options somewhere.

 

[PSULionRP]

That option..."Send form definition with item" is actually within the
Properties tab within the Form Design. And that didn't seem to do the trick.

Is it really this hard to put a date on a standard form and display it for a
recurring e-mail I have to send???

Am I way off base here???

Any help, again, would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Taylor]

That option..."Send form definition with item" is actually within the
Properties tab within the Form Design. And that didn't seem to do the
trick.

Is it really this hard to put a date on a standard form and display it for
a
recurring e-mail I have to send???

Am I way off base here???

Any help, again, would be greatly appreciated.

It's been a while since I developed in Outlook. As I recall, there are 2
ways to create a custom item. One is to create a custom field in a folder.
The other is to create a custom control on the form. It is easy to confuse
the 2. One type is crated by dragging and dropping the control on the form.
The other type is created by selecting new item in the dialog box. They
really don't tell you that the 2 creation methods create 2 different types
of items. Drag and drop and selecting New are usually synomous. I had to
learn by a similar experience to yours and much research that they actually
create different types of controls.

You have probably created a custom field for the folder, which does not
transfer to another use unless that user has the same field in his folder.

Do a search on this in the MSDN libraries; I bet it's your problem.