RE: Hiding default Outlook menus when displaying custom forms

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Sounds like you already know the solution (a script like the one you
described) but just need the finishing touch -- code in the Item_Close event
handler to restore the menus to their normal appearance.
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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx



"Long Nguyen" wrote:

> (outlook 20002)
> I have designed a custom Outlook and many users use it. One thing is when
> the form is opened for composing or an existing form is opened for viewing
> the Outlook drop-down menus (File,Edit, View, Insert, Form, Tools etc) are
> still there. Some of these contain "undesired" options. For example the Form
> menu contains "Design this form" option, but I do not want user to be able
> to design the form that they are filling out or viewing. Is there a way to
> hide these menus when a form is opened?
>
> (A MS Technet article shows how to hide the Form/View Code option through
> vbscript. I tried this and it hided the option, but also hided it in form
> design mode. I did press he Shift key when opening the design mode as
> suggested in the article but it did not work.)
>
> Long.
>
>
>
.



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