Custom form confusion

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(Is it just me or is Outlook forms development extremely unintuitive?).

I would like to have one form for all outgoing mail (new messages, replies, forwards, etc.), and one form for all incoming and existing messages. Should I use one form with separate layouts or should I use entirely separate forms using registry substitution?

Also, how do I make messages sent using my custom form look the same as Outlook sent messages? I assigned NOTEL.ICO and NOTES.ICO to my custom form but sent messages still look different than outlook's. Thanks
 
It's up to you. Message forms by default have separate compose and read
layouts, so you could build one form with the layouts you want or two
different forms.

As for your second question, what do you mean by "look different"?
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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers



(Is it just me or is Outlook forms development extremely unintuitive?).

I would like to have one form for all outgoing mail (new messages, replies,
forwards, etc.), and one form for all incoming and existing messages.
Should I use one form with separate layouts or should I use entirely
separate forms using registry substitution?

Also, how do I make messages sent using my custom form look the same as
Outlook sent messages? I assigned NOTEL.ICO and NOTES.ICO to my custom form
but sent messages still look different than outlook's. Thanks
 
By "look different" I mean the little envelope icon that displays next
to sent messages in the Sent folder. Thanks
 
What icon do your messages display?
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
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