Re: Creating custom form and sending as an e-mail

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From: Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] (suemvp_at_outlookcode.com)
Date: 03/04/05 

Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 12:31:32 -0500

1) See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/launchform.htm for various ways to make
it easy to launch a form.

2) If the "response" is just to approve or deny, you can handle that with
voting buttons. 

-- 
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
     Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
     Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
     http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx
"Benjamin708" <Benjamin708@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:0BAC3326-7F44-4A40-B0A3-D33DFC4FF5DC@microsoft.com...
> The purpose for this form is to send and receive standardized data.
> Basically a user will send this form to a manager, requesting permission 
> to
> begin a project.  The manager will either approve or deny.  This is one of
> several forms I need to create.
>
> I don't believe I will need to have any programming involved with this
> solution.  I am hoping that I won't.  I have a couple more questions...
>
> 1. Is there a way that I can create a shortcut in Outlook to lauch a new
> iteration of the form so the user doesn't have to do the Tools | Forms |
> Choose Form command?
>
> 2. Is there a way that when the form is sent, the recipient can just enter
> in the response and click on a send button?  That is to say that the user
> would not have to click Reply, but rather would just be able to enter
> information  and send.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>
>> If you want to send this form to people in your own Exchange 
>> organization,
>> it needs to be published in either the central Organizational Forms 
>> library
>> or each user's own Personal Forms library.
>>
>> You can launch a form with the Tools | Forms | Choose Form command.
>>
>> What's the purpose of this form? Does this form have code behind it?
>>
>> "Benjamin708" <Benjamin708@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:FC7AA63D-2173-4591-91DE-1A8A7BEA3370@microsoft.com...
>> > Hello
>> > I have a pretty begginer's level question here.  I have Outlook 2002 
>> > with
>> > Exchange 2000 on the back end.  I want to create a cutome form and let 
>> > a
>> > couple people send it as an e-mail.  I know how to use the forms 
>> > designer
>> > in
>> > Outlook.  But where do I publish it to?  And how does the user go about
>> > selecting to use that form, rather than the default message form?  And 
>> > how
>> > about the recipient, how do they see the form if it is not installed on
>> > their
>> > box?
>> >
>> > Thanks in advanced.
>>
>>
>>
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