Outlook Forms

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I am not entirely sure this is the correct news group to post this in, but
here goes.

Recently I migrated a client from Windows Server 2003 to Windows 2003 Small
Business Server. The move went well and all Exchange data, including Public
Folders, is up and available. However, one of the Public Folders used a
custom form to display data. I located the form on the old server, saved it,
and installed it onto the new system. When signed on as Administrator, if I
open Outlook and go to the Public Folder in question the display is fine, but
no other users are getting the form created for this folder.

I am not well versed with Outlook Forms and while I think at this point the
issue is one of user permissions, I would appreciate some advice and
direction as to how to resolve this. As far as I can tell, I have everything
configured exactly as it was on the old server (there do not appear to be any
significant changes in how things are setup between Exchange 2000 and 2003).

Thank you.
 
What steps did you follow to "install" the form? What type of form is it (task, contact, etc.)?

FYI, there is a separate newsgroup for Outlook forms issues -- microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms.
 
Sue Mosher said:
What steps did you follow to "install" the form? What type of form is it (task, contact, etc.)?

FYI, there is a separate newsgroup for Outlook forms issues -- microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
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Hi Sue,

Thanks for the reply. To move the form from the old server to the new one I
did the following:

1. Access the properties of the Public Folder in question and select the
Form tab and then the Manage button. From there I selected the form and did
a Save As... to generate a copy to move to the new server.
2. On the new server I again went to properties for the Public Folder and
then Forms and Manage. There I selected 'Install' and added the form. I
verified that all settings were the same as on the old server. The form did
not appear to be in any particular catagory or library. Once I had installed
the form I was then able to open entries in that public folder (a contacts
folder listing clients) and when any given entry opened it displayed using
the recently installed form.

I also tried opening the form in the Form Designer and then publishing the
form by hitting the publish button, but that did not help.

Thanks again for your help, and for the link to the Outlook Forms specific
newsgroup.

Jesse
 
I'm a little lost. You said that items in the folder displayed OK using the form you installed. So what's the problem?

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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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