Custom Form Question

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Randal W. Hozeski

I created a custom form years ago that when a Contact is
opened, it adds a button to the Toolbar called "Send Fax
To Contact". When clicked, it automatically opens a Compose
Message form with whatever Fax number is in that contacts
Business Fax field and the suffix of my faxing services URL:

Ex: (e-mail address removed)

Then in the Subject field it put:

[cover] New Inbound Fax For: "Whatever-is-in-the-FullName" field"

All I have to do is attach whatever it is that I need faxed as an
attachment and this has worked great on the pc that it is set up
on, but I need to add this to another device, so I can do the same thing
on that one as well.

I need to know two things:
Where can I find what name I give the form that is used when I open a
Contact?
How can I copy this (import it) to use on device?

I know that I need to Publish it to the other device to use, but it has
been
forever since I have done this.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks -Randy-

PS: Currently using on OL 2003, and other device is OLXP.





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Hello? is anyone out there?

Randal W. Hozeski said:
I created a custom form years ago that when a Contact is
opened, it adds a button to the Toolbar called "Send Fax
To Contact". When clicked, it automatically opens a Compose
Message form with whatever Fax number is in that contacts
Business Fax field and the suffix of my faxing services URL:

Ex: (e-mail address removed)

Then in the Subject field it put:

[cover] New Inbound Fax For: "Whatever-is-in-the-FullName" field"

All I have to do is attach whatever it is that I need faxed as an
attachment and this has worked great on the pc that it is set up
on, but I need to add this to another device, so I can do the same thing
on that one as well.

I need to know two things:
Where can I find what name I give the form that is used when I open a
Contact?
How can I copy this (import it) to use on device?

I know that I need to Publish it to the other device to use, but it has
been
forever since I have done this.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks -Randy-

PS: Currently using on OL 2003, and other device is OLXP.





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Tools, Options, Other tab, Advanced Options button, Custom Forms button,
Manage Forms button. Find the custom form in whatever library or folder you
published it and see what name and message class you gave it. Then Tools,
Forms, Design a form. Select your form from wherever it's published. If
there's code in the form hold down the Shift key when you open it in design
mode so the code doesn't run. When the form is open use File, Save As to
save it somewhere as an OFT file. Transfer that file the other computer.
Open it while holding down the Shift key. Then Tools, Forms, Design This
Form in the form's menus. Then Tools, Forms, Publish As and select the
display name, message class and location to publish. Done.




Randal W. Hozeski said:
Hello? is anyone out there?

Randal W. Hozeski said:
I created a custom form years ago that when a Contact is
opened, it adds a button to the Toolbar called "Send Fax
To Contact". When clicked, it automatically opens a Compose
Message form with whatever Fax number is in that contacts
Business Fax field and the suffix of my faxing services URL:

Ex: (e-mail address removed)

Then in the Subject field it put:

[cover] New Inbound Fax For: "Whatever-is-in-the-FullName" field"

All I have to do is attach whatever it is that I need faxed as an
attachment and this has worked great on the pc that it is set up
on, but I need to add this to another device, so I can do the same thing
on that one as well.

I need to know two things:
Where can I find what name I give the form that is used when I open a
Contact?
How can I copy this (import it) to use on device?

I know that I need to Publish it to the other device to use, but it has
been
forever since I have done this.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks -Randy-

PS: Currently using on OL 2003, and other device is OLXP.





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Thanks Ken.

I will give it a go. I would like to do more work using these
forms to perform given functions automatically. Can you
recommend any good books that key on this. Instead of
creating toolbar menu buttons, maybe a FileMenu add. I
just wish that OutLook the macro recorder that I have grow
so fond of in other MS applications.... it just make it easier.

-Randy-

PS: Also looking to populate DB from returned web forms.



Ken Slovak - said:
Tools, Options, Other tab, Advanced Options button, Custom Forms button,
Manage Forms button. Find the custom form in whatever library or folder
you
published it and see what name and message class you gave it. Then
Tools,
Forms, Design a form. Select your form from wherever it's published. If
there's code in the form hold down the Shift key when you open it in
design
mode so the code doesn't run. When the form is open use File, Save As to
save it somewhere as an OFT file. Transfer that file the other computer.
Open it while holding down the Shift key. Then Tools, Forms, Design This
Form in the form's menus. Then Tools, Forms, Publish As and select the
display name, message class and location to publish. Done.
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There's a lot of coding information at www.outlookcode.com. I have a few
code samples up at http://www.slovaktech.com/code_samples.htm. The Resources
page at www.microeye.com has links to KB articles related to Outlook
programming, a downloadable COM addin sample written in VB 6 and links to
information about .NET programming for Outlook.

For a book I'd recommend Sue Mosher's latest book on Outlook programming. It
covers Outlook forms and VBA coding, although no COM addins. See the list of
Outlook developer books at http://www.outlookcode.com/d/library.htm
 
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