including custom header fields in the "original message header" when an email is replied to

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Jim Rea - 07 Oct 2003 12:02 GMT

I have customised an email form to include 2 new fields in the header
(custom field 1 and custom field 2).
When I send that email form to a person I would like those custiom fields to
be included in the original message header sent back to me in the reply
email. This would look something like this:

-----Original Message-----

> From: jim.rea@grimshaw-architects.com
> Sent: 30 September 2003 17:12
> To: recipient@email.com
> Subject:
> Custom field 1:
> Custom field 2:

I posted this question to the newsgroup the other day but as yet have not
had any reply....
(Maybe its in the too hard basket?)
I'm thinking I might need to write some VB code in the form but I have no
real idea of syntax.
Any idea how to do this?

J.

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Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook] - 07 Oct 2003 15:50 GMT

Custom fields won't work right, since that makes a custom form and
unless everyone you send to has published that custom form the field
information will be lost.

You can create your own x-headers for an email though it's a bit of a
hack. See the information about that on the Redemption Web site. Look
at http://www.dimastr.com/redemption/ and select Redemption objects,
an example of creating a new x-header is one of the Fields collection
examples. Essentially you can use Redemption or Extended MAPI to
create a new named property using a specific GUID and Outlook will
include that in messages as an x-header.

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Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Absolute Beginners Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm

> I have customised an email form to include 2 new fields in the header
> (custom field 1 and custom field 2).
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> J.

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Dmitry Streblechenko - 07 Oct 2003 17:43 GMT

You can add a custom header (see
http://www.dimastr.com/redemption/faq.htm#14), but there is no guarantee
that it will come back with a reply (most likely it won't).

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool

> Custom fields won't work right, since that makes a custom form and
> unless everyone you send to has published that custom form the field
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Aman - 09 Oct 2003 09:13 GMT

Is it possible to modify TableView in outlook 2000 to
display user defined Field's for a mail item , when i open
a inbox.

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>You can add a custom header (see
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Sue Mosher [MVP] - 31 Oct 2003 06:08 GMT

In OL2000, you would need to modify the view by hand.

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> Is it possible to modify TableView in outlook 2000 to
> display user defined Field's for a mail item , when i open
> a inbox.

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