Creating a custom appointment form

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Theresa Smallwood

I am needing to create a customized version of the appointment form for a
calendar in Outlook, but when I select the Appointment form from the Design
a form menu, it opens but I can't edit the form. I can create customized
versions of the other forms (the contact and message form for example), but
I can't edit the appointment form. Also, upon further inspection, I can't
edit the Journal Entry or Task forms, either.

Is there a reason for this? Can it be overridden? Is there another approach
I can take with this?

I am using Outlook 2003 on Windows XP Professional.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Theresa
 
You will not be able to edit any form page that contains a date/time picker, because that control is private to Outlook and not available to developers. Perform your customizations on the P.2-P.5 pages instead. See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/appointmentform.htm

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
I'm working on a custom appointment form and I can't seem to find where to
hide the first tab. Thanks for the link to your site, it's exactly what I
was looking for.

-Tom
 
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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
Thank you, I accidentally came across it after posting this message. Now
that the default Appointment is hidden, I'm receiving an error that a
required field needs to be completed before saving the appointment. I
believe the required field is in the hidden default Appointment page. Is
there a work-around for this?

Thanks again,
Tom
 
Did you set validation on any fields? Did you provide controls for the user to set Start and End, which are required?

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
I did include the option to set Start and End.

Sue Mosher said:
Did you set validation on any fields? Did you provide controls for the user to set Start and End, which are required?

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
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For troubleshooting, try displaying the All Fields page. That will let you see all the property values and set them. AFAIK, Start and End are the only ones required, so you will want to start by checking those on All Fields.

You didn't answer my question about validation.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
I didn't set validation on any fields that I'm aware of. I'll take a look at
the Start and End fields again. Does the book explain how to create custom
drop-down menus on the forms? I'd like to write a small script to add five
selectable items in the Location box.

Thank you,
Tom
 
I didn't set validation on any fields that I'm aware of. I'll take a look at
the Start and End fields again.

Does the book explain how to create custom
drop-down menus on the forms? I'd like to write a small script to add five
selectable items in the Location box.
Click to expand...

Menus? Custom forms don't have menus. Menus have to be created at the application level, in an add-in.

Drop-down list on a form? See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/formcontrols.htm#listcombo (and yes, it's in the book, too)

Location box? The list that Outlook displays is controlled by a binary-format registry value. You can't add to the list.
 
I was able to create the custom form, thanks for your help. The only other
question I have is if you might happen to know if forms can be accessed via
OWA? I didn't know for sure if this was a limitation or possibly a setting
that would need changed on our corporate servers.

Thank you,
Tom
 
It's simply not possible. OWA is a browser-based application. It knows nothing about Outlook custom forms.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
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