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Outlook - Forms
Overview
Understanding Outlook e-mail account options
Design Outlook Workgroup Solutions
Working with Folders and Views
Overview of a Typical Folder-based Solution
Using views to create a solution
Change the default view in a folder
Show only the custom views in a folder
Set permissions in a folder
Create a custom field
Working with Forms
About Outlook forms
How Outlook forms and items work together
Types of forms in Outlook
Change the default form for a folder
Globally change a default form
Change the form used by existing items in a folder
Customizing an Outlook Form
Create an Outlook form
Customize pages on a form
Extend the use of an Outlook item by adding additional fields and pages
Use the Field Chooser
How to open a form
How to edit a form
Create custom actions for a form
Create a reply form
About the form name and message class
Item types and message classes
Outlook fields and equivalent properties
Understanding the forms cache
Create custom forms by using Visual Basic Scripting Edition
Troubleshooting forms
Working with Appointment Forms
Overview of Appointment Forms
Working with Contact Forms
Overview of Contact Forms
Using contact item selector fields
Working with Distribution List Forms
Overview of Distribution List Forms
Working with Journal Forms
Overview of Journal Forms
Working with Mail Forms
Overview of Mail Forms
Make separate compose and read versions for a form
Working with Post Forms
Overview of Post Forms
Working with Task Forms
Overview of Task Forms
Working with Form Attributes
Set properties for a form
Set the attributes of a form
Set default properties for a form
Add Help to a form
Change the icons associated with your form
Show or hide fields when printing and saving a form
Hide or show form pages
Require a value for a field or control
Working with Fields and Controls
About standard fields in Microsoft Outlook
Change the value of a field
Use fields with controls
Active controls and selected controls
Working with Custom Fields
About custom fields and data types
Difference between a field and a column
Create a simple field for a folder
Examples of standard formats for data types
Create a combination field for a folder
Create a formula field for a folder
Examples of Formula and Combination fields
Troubleshoot custom fields
Working with Control Properties
Set properties for controls
Change the name property of a control
Using Field Validation
Validate user input to a field
Examples of validation formulas
Using the Control Toolbox
About the Control Toolbox
About ToolTips and control tips
Add a page to the Control Toolbox
Add custom controls to the Control Toolbox
Change the name and control tip of a page in the Control Toolbox
Change the order of pages in the Control Toolbox
Customize an icon for a control in the Control Toolbox
Delete a control from the Control Toolbox
Delete a page in the Control Toolbox
Import or export a Control Toolbox page
Move a control to another page in the Control Toolbox
Show or hide the Control Toolbox
Making Controls Work for You
About groups of controls
Add a control to a form
Align controls
Align text in a control
Allow multiple lines of text in a control
Assign a control tip, caption, and accelerator key to a control
Create a set of OptionButton controls
Enable or disable a control on a page
Give a control a 3-D appearance
Hide or show a control
Make a control read-only
Move a control one unit at a time
Show the shortcut menu for controls and groups of controls
Ways to protect sensitive information
Aligning, Arranging, and Sizing Controls
Center controls in a form
Right-align a control on a form
Space controls
Size controls
Automatically resize controls
Resize a control horizontally and vertically with the form
Resize a control vertically with the form
Select multiple controls and the dominant control
Use z-order to layer controls
Working with the Grid
Show or hide the grid
Set the grid size
Turn on or off sizing controls to the grid
Working with a Group of Controls
Create a group of controls
Select and edit a control within a group
Separate controls in a group
Working with the MultiPage and TabStrip
Assign a control tip, caption, and accelerator key to a page or tab
Change the order of pages in a MultiPage or TabStrip
Set tab order of controls on a page
Should I use a MultiPage or a TabStrip?
Working with List and Combo Boxes
Create a list box
Add items to a list
Add items to a list at run time
Match entries in a list to entries typed by users
Things you can do with a multicolumn ListBox or ComboBox
Working with Pictures
Align a picture on a control
Assign a picture to a control
Assign a picture to a form
Change the appearance of a control
Delete a picture from a control
Testing and Distributing a Form
Test a form in run mode
Save and distribute a form
Save a form with the item (one-off forms)
Using Visual Basic to Customize Outlook
Using Visual Basic with Outlook
Using Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
About using VBScript in Outlook
How can I prevent the VBScript code from running?
Variants supported in VBScript
Tools for Programming with VBScript
Using the Script Editor
About the Outlook object browser
About the Outlook script debugger
Common things you can do with VBScript
Using Visual Basic Scripting Edition to Customize Forms
Create custom forms by using VBScript
Set global variables for a form
Referencing controls on an Outlook form
Item-Level Events
Form Events
Control Events
Field Events
Add an Outlook event
Canceling an event
Test Tips for Using Visual Basic Scripting Edition in Outlook
Test tips for using VBScript in Outlook
Using the Outlook Object Model
About the object environment
Use the Outlook Object Browser
How to use the Outlook object browser
How to use the Outlook script debugger
Constants and variables in VBScript
Referencing fields
Reference a folder
Creating a new item
Create an Outlook item
Referencing existing items in a folder
Filtering items in a collection
Working with command bars
Reference the active user
Use current user properties from the Microsoft Exchange Server global address list
Use the PropertyChange event to test procedures
Control Reference
Objects and Controls
CheckBox control
ComboBox control
CommandButton control
Font Object
Frame control
Image control
Label control
ListBox control
MultiPage control
OptionButton control
Pages Collection
Page Object
ScrollBar control
SpinButton control
Tab Object
Tabs Collection
TabStrip control
TextBox control
ToggleButton control
Events
About the order of events
Add a Click event for a control
Control Events
Click Event
Methods
Add Method
AddItem Method
Clear Method
Copy Method
Cut Method
DropDown Method
GetFormat Method
GetFromClipboard Method
GetText Method
Item Method
Move Method
Paste Method
PutInClipboard Method
RedoAction Method
Remove Method
RemoveItem Method
Repaint Method
Scroll Method
SetDefaultTabOrder Method
SetFocus Method
SetText Method
StartDrag Method
UndoAction Method
ZOrder Method
Properties
A
Accelerator Property
ActiveControl Property
Alignment Property
AutoSize Property
AutoTab Property
AutoWordSelect Property
B
BackColor Property
BackStyle Property
Bold, Italic, Size, StrikeThrough, Underline, Weight Properties
BorderColor Property
BorderStyle Property
BoundColumn Property
C
Cancel Property
CanPaste Property
CanRedo Property
CanUndo Property
Caption Property
ClientHeight, ClientLeft, ClientTop, ClientWidth Properties
Column Property
ColumnCount Property
ColumnHeads Property
ColumnWidths Property
ControlTipText Property
Count Property
CurLine Property
CurTargetX Property
CurX Property
Cycle Property
D
Default Property
Delay Property
DragBehavior Property
DropButtonStyle Property
E
Enabled Property
EnterFieldBehavior Property
EnterKeyBehavior Property
F
ForeColor Property
G
GroupName Property
H
Height, Width Properties
HideSelection Property
I
IMEMode Property
Index Property
InsideHeight, InsideWidth Properties
IntegralHeight Property
K
KeepScrollBarsVisible Property
L
LargeChange Property
Left, Top Properties
LineCount Property
List Property
ListCount Property
ListIndex Property
ListRows Property
ListStyle Property
ListWidth Property
Locked Property
M
MatchEntry Property
MatchFound Property
MatchRequired Property
Max, Min Properties
MaxLength Property
MouseIcon Property
MousePointer Property
MultiLine Property
MultiRow Property
MultiSelect Property
N
Name Property
O
Object Property
Orientation Property
P
Parent Property
PasswordChar Property
Picture Property
PictureAlignment Property
PicturePosition Property
PictureSizeMode Property
PictureTiling Property
ProportionalThumb Property
R
RowSource Property
S
ScrollBars Property
ScrollHeight, ScrollWidth Properties
ScrollLeft, ScrollTop Properties
Selected Property
SelectedItem Property
SelectionMargin Property
SelLength Property
SelStart Property
SelText Property
ShowDropButtonWhen Property
SmallChange Property
SpecialEffect Property
Style Property
T
TabFixedHeight, TabFixedWidth Properties
TabIndex Property
TabKeyBehavior Property
TabOrientation Property
TabStop Property
Tag Property
TakeFocusOnClick Property
Text Property
TextAlign Property
TextColumn Property
TextLength Property
TopIndex Property
TripleState Property
V
Value Property
VerticalScrollBarSide Property
Visible Property
W
WordWrap Property
Z
Zoom Property
Examples
Accelerator, Caption Properties Example
Accessing a Page Example
Accessing a Tab Example
Accessing Controls Through the Controls Collection Example
Adding a Control Example
Adding a Control to a MultiPage Example
Alignment Property Example
AutoSize Property Example
Bold, Italic, Size, StrikeThrough, Underline, Weight Properties Example
Border, Color Enhancements Example
BoundColumn Property Example
ClientHeight, ClientLeft, ClientTop, ClientWidth Properties Example
Column Property Example
ColumnWidths Property Example
ControlTipText Property Example
Count Property Example
Cut and Paste From a Page Example
Cut and Paste From a TextBox Example
Cycle Property Example
DragBehavior, EnterFieldBehavior Properties Example
DropButtonStyle, ShowDropButtonWhen Properties Example
DropDown Method Example
Enabled, Locked Properties Example
EnterKeyBehavior Property Example
GroupName Property Example
Index Property Example
InsideHeight, InsideWidth Properties Example
Item Method Example
LargeChange, SmallChange Properties Example
LineCount, TextLength Properties Example
List Property Example
ListBox Control Example
ListRows Property Example
ListStyle, MultiSelect Properties Example
ListWidth Property Example
MatchEntry Property Example
MatchFound, MatchRequired Properties Example
Max, Min, MaxLength Properties Example
MouseIcon, MousePointer Properties Example
Move Method Example for Controls Collection
MultiLine, WordWrap, ScrollBars Properties Example
MultiSelect, Selected Properties Example
Name Property Example
Object Property Example
Parent Property Example
Picture, PicturePosition Properties Example
ScrollBars, KeepScrollBarsVisible Properties Example
Style Property Example for ComboBox
Style Property Example for MultiPage and TabStrip
TabFixedHeight, TabFixedWidth Properties Example
TabIndex Property Example
TabStop Property Example
Tag Property Example
TakeFocusOnClick Property Example
TextColumn Property Example
TopIndex Property Example
TripleState Property Example
UndoAction, RedoAction Methods Example
Value Property Example
ZOrder Method Example
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