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Shay Lavi - 26 Jul 2004 22:17 GMT

Hello!,
i'm very new about this "outlook forms" subject and had to get in it to
learn urgently how to fix a minor (or not?) problem with a form i'v
created -for my boss and workers. I'll try to keep a good spelling :).
it all looks very simple to just drag and drop the boxes and make it
look pretty instead of writing it all but when it comes to USING the
form the problems starts.. i understand VB is a very big part of the
forms language (and i don't know VB from ANY kind so.. :-s ).
anyway, i don't think my problem is too complicated.
here we go:

i'v designed a form with about 32 Option Buttons as a survey for
choosing 1 option of all the 32. There is a body message next to it +
some labels for the reader.. THATS IT.
what i need is to get the selected answer from the reader but it's
complicated!
when i ACTIVATE the form i need to send it to a person, the person gets
the form perfectly but now i can't get the reader's replay answer!
because the replay button creates a new MESSAGE and i get no answer..
just blank (if at all).
the best solution i'v managed is to see my form from the reader but WITH
NO OPTIONBUTTON SELECTED.. what i need is to get the readers choice -to
see what optionbutton was selected. very basic! should be very simple
but so complicated??

i'll try using the "compose and read layouts" but i don't think it
should solve anything.. my default is no more then one layout.

i hope i was clear enough..
Please help anyone??
i would greatly appreciate some advice about this..

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 26 Jul 2004 22:52 GMT

First of all, Outlook forms don't use VB. They use the more portable
VBScript variant.

If you want the reader to reply with your same form, you need to make that
explicit on the (Actions) page of the form, changing the desired form on the
properties for the Reply action. The form must be published first to the
Organizational Forms library, then set the Reply action's form, and publish
it again. This method assumes that the option buttons are all bound to an
Outlook property.

Another approach would be to put code in the Item_Send event handler that
copies the user's choice to the body of the message. This method would work
with both bound and unbound option buttons. See
http://www.outlookcode.com/d/propsyntax.htm for basics on how to refer to
Outlook properties and unbound controls.

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> Hello!,
> i'm very new about this "outlook forms" subject and had to get in it to
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> Please help anyone??
> i would greatly appreciate some advice about this..

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