Hey Sue Help Me with Custom Message Form with Table

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Sue Thank You in Advance for reading my post.

I need a template or custom form in Outlook that allows users to input a few
fields and add children records in a grid related to the parent info in
input fields. This data does not need to be saved to a database just
circulated in email for review. I need to give the users the abiltiy to add
children records to a grid control that will allow the user to add rows as
needed. Could be 1 -100 Children recs. The customer promises that they
don't want to save this data anywhere but in an e-mail. I don't know.... I
am just the contractor...

I can't find a grid control that I can add to outlook's tool box.
Another solution I tried was a protected document in word with input fields
and a table. It just looks cluuggy.
It should be a simple msg form associated with a folder that has send and
receive rules that control the routing.

I know Info path has the recursive table but this feature is not avail. if
form is published as .xlm and the company has not invested in MS Off Prof for
all users.

So I am limited to Standard Office Apps. Got any ideas?
 
I am referring to database type relations where 1 entity has many children
entites.
For example, a Holding Company has many businesses 'Children' relations
under it's control.

Do you know of an active X control or com MS offers that can be brought into
the outlook environment for use on a outlook custom form?
 
Outlook has no built-in child-parent concept like that -- it's not a relational database -- except for the Links collection that contains links to contacts.

As I said, the spreadsheet control might be suitable for the type of data entry that you describe. Any control that you use would either have to be available on all users' machines or would have to have its data placed in the body of a normal email message for actual transmission.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
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