XCLN: Message Field Elements not Propagated to EFD Form

• Microsoft Exchange Windows 3.x client, versions 4.0 and 5.0
• Microsoft Exchange Windows NT client, versions 4.0 and 5.0
• Microsoft Exchange Windows 95 client, versions 4.0 and 5.0

SUMMARY

When you open a message that has been created to emulate a Microsoft Electronic Forms Designer (EFD) message using either Microsoft OLE Messaging or MAPI 1.0, the form displayed when opening the submitted message may not propagate the fields collection data in the form. Therefore, the form controls appear blank.

MORE INFORMATION

The forms designer requires that the MS_EXCHANGE_01 property be set to True. This property determines whether the initial values have been passed in. If this value is set to False (the default), EFD will display the initial values for the form (most of which are blank). These initial values are actually overwriting the values stored in the message object.

The MS_EXCHANGE_01 property needs to be defined as true in the code for each message that is created.

Example:

   Private Sub Command2_Click()
   Dim objSession As Object
   Dim objMessage As Object
   Dim objField As Object
   'Dim objOneMsg As Object
   Dim objOneRecip As Object
   Const kCreatedProp = "MS_EXCHANGE_01"

   Set objSession = CreateObject("MAPI.Session")
   'Logon
   objSession.Logon

   Set objMessage = objSession.Inbox.Messages.Add
   'Create the message properties
   objMessage.Subject = "EFD message"
   objMessage.Type = "IPM.MyForm.Cool"   'Installed EFD type
   'Set the message fields
   Set objField = objMessage.Fields.Add("Entry1", vbString)
   objField.Value = "The latest Stuff"
   Set objField = Nothing
   Set objField = objMessage.Fields.Add("Entry2", vbString)
   objField.Value = "Additional NewStuff"
   Set objField = Nothing
   Set objField = objMessage.Fields.Add(kCreatedProp, vbBoolean, True)
   Set objField = Nothing
   'Set the message recip
   Set objOneRecip = objMessage.Recipients.Add
   objOneRecip.Name = "John Doe"
   objOneRecip.Type = 1
   objOneRecip.Resolve

   objMessage.Update

   objSession.Logoff
   End Sub