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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Programming Forms / May 2006Outlook form-texbox field
I have created an outlook form with a tab that acts as a checklist to let the reciever of the form know what has been sent using the form. The form contains a few check boxes to indicate these are the documents that are sent and a text box next to each where the user can type in the name of the file. The problem I am having is that I can check the boxes and write stuff in the text box, but when the form is sent the reciever doesnt see anything checked, nor does he/she see anything written in the text box. I am guessing the boxes arent enabled. Could someone please help me with what properties i need to change to get this to work. Thanks a lot Sounds like you have not told Outlook what properties to use to write and read the data that the user is entering. Do this on the Properties dialog of each control, at the top of the Value tab, adding new fields as needed.  SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx >I have created an outlook form with a tab that acts as a checklist to let the > reciever of the form know what has been sent using the form. The form [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > arent enabled. Could someone please help me with what properties i need to > change to get this to work. Thanks a lot Yes, you were definitely right about that one. Well the text boxes and cheklist works now, theres is one other thing I would like to do: The form asks if all required documents are submitted and provides Yes and No check boxes for the user to fill. The way it is set up right now is that the user can accidentally or intentionally check both boxes. I would like the user to be able to only check one of the boxes, either Yes or No. Any suggestions on how I could do this? Thanks a lot for all your help. I really appreciate it > Sounds like you have not told Outlook what properties to use to write and read the data that the user is entering. Do this on the Properties dialog of each control, at the top of the Value tab, adding new fields as needed. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > arent enabled. Could someone please help me with what properties i need to > > change to get this to work. Thanks a lot Use options buttons instead of check boxes; see http://www.outlookcode.com/d/formcontrols.htm SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx > > The form asks if all required documents are submitted and provides Yes and > No check boxes for the user to fill. The way it is set up right now is that > the user can accidentally or intentionally check both boxes. I would like the > user to be able to only check one of the boxes, either Yes or No. Any > suggestions on how I could do this? That worked, is it possible to have a message pop up if the user chose "NO" for the option button. For example, if the question asked if all documents were submitted and the user said NO, then a message would pop up saying "submission with missing document will not be processed" Thanks > Use options buttons instead of check boxes; see http://www.outlookcode.com/d/formcontrols.htm > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > user to be able to only check one of the boxes, either Yes or No. Any > > suggestions on how I could do this? Yes, you can put code in the form's Item_Send or Item_Write event handler to perform such validation. See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/propsyntax.htm for a primer on Outlook property syntax. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx > That worked, is it possible to have a message pop up if the user chose "NO" > for the option button. For example, if the question asked if all documents [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >> Use options buttons instead of check boxes; see http://www.outlookcode.com/d/formcontrols.htm >> > The form asks if all required documents are submitted and provides Yes and >> > No check boxes for the user to fill. The way it is set up right now is that >> > the user can accidentally or intentionally check both boxes. I would like the >> > user to be able to only check one of the boxes, either Yes or No. Any >> > suggestions on how I could do this? |
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