XCLN: Making Fields Required and Locked or Hidden

• Microsoft Exchange Server, version 4.0

SUMMARY

When you use Microsoft Exchange Forms Designer to create a form, you can set the properties of a field to be Required, Locked, or Hidden. Take caution not to set a field to be Required and then also set it to be Locked or Hidden. This could result in problems when the form is run. (The user is required to enter data in a field but cannot because the field is locked or hidden.) Only one of these combinations should be used when you plan to add code to the form using Microsoft Visual Basic to properly fill in the Required field.

MORE INFORMATION

When you design a form, you can write Microsoft Visual Basic version 4.0 code that correctly fills in a field set as Required. For example, this could include a calculation of other fields or data retrieved from another source. Therefore, the field could be locked or hidden, which would limit the user's ability to modify the calculated field.

The Required, Locked, and Hidden properties are set within the Field Properties dialog box in Microsoft Exchange Forms Designer.