Creating/Programming New Custom Email Form

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z600 - 21 Jul 2004 16:18 GMT

First off, I'm a newbie to this stuff.

The interface has been designed using the Forms Designer
in MS Outlook 2K (Probably the easiest part of doing
this). How do I go about coding the Read Page for output
of data? (Currently I have a text box in the read page
where I would like the output to be)

Please let me know if this is too vague...

A simple example would also suffice...(say I have a text
box for someone to type in their name, how would I put
that data onto the read page for the recipient of the
email to see)

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 21 Jul 2004 16:47 GMT

Both the compose layout and read layout would need a text box bound to the
same Outlook property.

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> First off, I'm a newbie to this stuff.
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> that data onto the read page for the recipient of the
> email to see)

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- 21 Jul 2004 17:12 GMT

What if I wanted to put all the output into one text box
that shows up as the email? The interface portion is just
for users so that it's easier for them to input data. The
output can just be one text box with all the data neatly
formatted.

ie: FirstName:
LastName:

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 21 Jul 2004 18:47 GMT

Yes, the details, of course, depend on exactly what you want the output to
look like, but you could put code in the Item_Send() event handler to set
the value of one property to a string built from other properties. If it's
not too complicated, you could even use a formula on the read layout text
box control.

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