Forms issues

  • Thread starter Thread starter bogus
  • Start date Start date
B

bogus

This problem is really kicking me in the ass... I can't understand it,
let alone explain it...

I created a form for a work related project... it's doing three
different things...

1. On my computer (where it was created), it's fine.

2. On my bosses computer, one lousy label is extending itself from the
nominal 150 pixels (just long enough for the text to display) to
nearly 600!!! This is pushing the adjacent field away from where it
needs to be.

3. I then sent the form to a co-workers computer... and when he runs
it, there is NOTHING THERE! No form!

ARG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am ready to kill Outlook.

All machines in question are running Outlook 2003, SP2.

There are other issues, but I have found work-arounds. I am really
beginning to wonder if the last batch of MS updates haven't killed me
with this...

Thanks for any insight you all can provide.

a.
 
This problem is really kicking me in the ass... I can't understand it,
let alone explain it...

I created a form for a work related project... it's doing three
different things...

1. On my computer (where it was created), it's fine.

2. On my bosses computer, one lousy label is extending itself from the
nominal 150 pixels (just long enough for the text to display) to
nearly 600!!! This is pushing the adjacent field away from where it
needs to be.

3. I then sent the form to a co-workers computer... and when he runs
it, there is NOTHING THERE! No form!

ARG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am ready to kill Outlook.

All machines in question are running Outlook 2003, SP2.

There are other issues, but I have found work-arounds. I am really
beginning to wonder if the last batch of MS updates haven't killed me
with this...

Thanks for any insight you all can provide.

a.
Click to expand...

Ok... at least the 3rd problem has gone away.
 
Fixed it...

the label in question had the "resize with form" option ticked ON. I
don't know how that happened... it was the only label like that, out
of 10+ labels. Hell, I even replaced the original label expecting that
to make it go away.

Most odd.
 
It's back...

At least the problem with the blank form.

I created this form on a WinXP/Outlook 2003 machine... when it is run
on a WinXP/Outlook 2003 machine, the form is BLANK.

What setting am I missing?

thanks!

a.
 
By "when it is run," do you mean when the user creates a new item with the form? Where is the form published?

By blank, do you mean that there is no data in controls that should be showing data?

FYI, there is a newsgroup specifically for Outlook forms issues "down the hall" at microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms or, via web interface, athttp://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?dg=micro...

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54








- Show quoted text -
Click to expand...

Thanks for the pointer about the separate site. I will check that out.

It is blank - meaning no controls. Some of the computers are fine,
others are not. When I say "run," I mean the OFT file is clicked on,
initiating Outlook.

thanks!

a.
 
Beginning with Outlook 2003 SP2, only published forms support custom fields in most cases. The solution is to use a form published to the Organizational Forms library, rather than an .oft file. That is why I asked where the form was published.

The article at http://support.microsoft.com/?id=907985 explains this change in more detail, suggests best practices, and provides registry keys that can return Outlook 2003 to the older, less secure behavior.
 
I JUST found that at the other link...

What is interesting is how it will work on some machines and not on
others. Most inconsistant.

I will do some more research. Thanks for all your help!

a.
 
Back
Top