How can I use command button in Outlook form design?

[George Kirby]

I am currently designing a custom contact form in MS outlook 2003. I would
like to create a text box that would contain "membership information"
composed of several user defined fields. I understand that I do need to set
up a command button to do this as well.

How do I design the "properties" of the command button to present the user
defined fields as is already done for "full name" and "address" command
buttons?

How do I get this information to display in the text box?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

You would have to create and install on each client workstation either an Outlook COM add-in or an ActiveX control that includes the dialog.

In other words, what you want to do can't be done just with an Outlook custom form. Instead, you will need to put a text box or the control for each custom field right on the custom form page.

FYI, there is a newsgroup specifically for Outlook forms issues "down the hall" at microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms or, via web interface, at http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...spx?dg=microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[George Kirby]

Sue-
Thanks for the info -- even if it is a bummer. I was hoping for a clean form.

George