• Subject: RE: Task Form: Unlock/clone/copy first page, or where to get prebuilt
  • Author: Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]
  • Date: 02 Jul
  • References: 1
1, 2) No.
3) None that I know of.
4) Not with Outlook 2003. You can do it or come pretty close with a form
region in Outlook 2007.

See http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=60 for more on task forms.
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"alexw" wrote:

> I want a custom task form which closely resembles the standard task
> form, but has some fields replaced by user-defined fields. As probably
> everyone here knows, the first page is locked and can only be hidden,
> not customized.
>
> So here are my questions:
>
> (1) Is there a way to unlock the first page? (From what I've read here
> so far, no.)
> (2) If not, is there a way to clone/copy the first page and have the
> copy editable?
> (3) If not, is there a (fully editable) custom task form out there
> that's as identical to the standard one as possible which would save
> me the hassle to rebuild a nearly identical form?
>
> I don't know much about forms so far, and it would be a great help to
> find one of the above solutions.
>
> Oh, and:
> (4) If not, is it even possible to rebuild the first page with allmost
> all the same fields?
>
> This is for Outlook 2003.
01 JulTask Form: Unlock/clone/copy first page, or where to get prebuilt custom form?.alexw
02 Jul\ RE: Task Form: Unlock/clone/copy first page, or where to get prebuilt.Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]
02 Jul   \ Re: Task Form: Unlock/clone/copy first page, or where to get prebuilt.alexw
02 Jul      \ Re: Task Form: Unlock/clone/copy first page, or where to get prebu.Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]
02 Jul         \ Re: Task Form: Unlock/clone/copy first page, or where to get prebu.alexw
02 Jul            \ Re: Task Form: Unlock/clone/copy first page, or where to get prebu.Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]
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