Design Outlook Workgroup Solutions
With Microsoft Outlook, you can create a variety of workgroup solutions and forms. You can create workgroup solutions by using custom views in a public folder,. You can also create simple forms with no programming involved or create advanced forms by using custom controls, properties, and VBScript. You can also use another Office program to create a form.
There are four basic approaches to creating Outlook solutions. You can use existing items, such as tasks or appointment items, put the items in a public folder, and assign a view to the folder. This method gives you an instant workgroup solution without writing any code. Another method is to modify an existing item, such as a contact or mail message, by adding additional pages and fields. With this method, you can extend the use of the item by adding the fields and pages you need without writing any code. To create advanced forms, you can use the Control Toolbox and VBScript to access properties, events, methods, and objects within Outlook. You can also use Office document forms, such as using Microsoft Excel to create an expense report.