OL2000: How to Resize a Custom Form When It Is Opened

ID: Q237365

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Outlook 2000

SUMMARY

This article describes how you can create a custom Outlook form that positions itself in a specific location on the screen.

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The Outlook 2000 object model now includes support for positioning and sizing Outlook windows on the screen. This new feature can be used with either folder windows (known as "explorers" in the object model) or item windows ("inspectors").

To create a custom contact form that displays at a specific location when opened, follow these steps:

Open a new contact.

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

On the Form menu, click View Code. Enter the following Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) code into the Script Editor, and then close the Script Editor:


Sub Item_Open()
   Set objInspector = Item.GetInspector
   objInspector.Left = 0
   objInspector.Width = 400
   objInspector.Top = 0
   objInspector.Height = 400
   Set objInspector = Nothing
End Sub

On the Tools menu, point to Forms, and then click Publish Form. The default is to store the contact form in your Contacts folder. Type Resize Test as the Display Name, and then click Publish.

Close and do not save changes to the form.

To test the form, on the Actions menu, click New Resize Test.

Design Considerations

If you have the Windows taskbar docked on the left or top of the screen, setting the Left or Top properties of the Outlook window to zero (0), causes the window to appear under the taskbar.

The Outlook object model does not provide support for determining the screen resolution used on a particular computer so you can adjust the form size. If you are programming in an environment that allows access to Windows APIs, then you can access APIs to retrieve this information. Or, if you are programming in VBScript, another approach would be to automate another Microsoft Office application, such as Microsoft Word, to access the System object and use its VerticalResolution and HorizontalResolution properties.

REFERENCES

For additional information about available resources and answers to commonly asked questions about Microsoft Outlook 2000 solutions, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q146636 OL2000: Questions About Custom Forms and Outlook Solutions

Additional query words: OutSol OutSol2000 OL2K

Keywords :
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto