OL98: Categories Button Does Not Work on Post Form

ID: Q184870

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SYMPTOMS

The Categories button on a Microsoft Outlook 98 post form does not work after you customize the form.


CAUSE

The Categories button was moved when the form was in design mode.


RESOLUTION

You can workaround this problem by rebinding the Categories button after you move it. To do this, follow these steps:

  1. Open an instance of the customized post form.


  2. On the Tools menu, click Forms and then click Design This Form.


  3. Right-click Categories, and on the shortcut menu click Properties.


  4. Click the Value tab and note the Type is set to Keywords.


  5. Click Choose Field, click All Contact Fields, and then click Categories. Note the Type now changes to Button. Click OK.


To test the button, click the Form menu, click Run This Form, and then click the Categories button.


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Outlook 98.


MORE INFORMATION

A new feature of Outlook forms is that you can now create a button on a custom form that will display one of three dialog boxes:

To create one of these buttons, use the Control Toolbox to drag a Command Button onto the form and then follow the procedure above to bind the dialog box to the button.

The CheckAddress and CheckName dialog boxes are designed to be used with a Contact form. While Outlook will allow you to bind these dialog boxes to a button on any type of form, the dialog boxes will only be displayed if you use a contact form.

The Categories dialog box can be used with all types of Outlook forms since they all have a Categories field available.


REFERENCES

For more information about working with fields and controls and the difference between the two, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q182362 OL98: How to Use Fields and Controls with VBScript
For more information about creating solutions with Microsoft Outlook 98, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q180826 OL98: Resources for Custom Forms and Programming

Q182349 OL98: Questions About Custom Forms and Outlook Solutions

Additional query words: OutSol OutSol98 98 


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Version           : WINDOWS:98
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: August 12, 1999