Yes, you are using a formula. Thats what the [test] is in the box on your screen shot. It's a formula.

When I have two fields in the Initial Value text box I get the data and time.

That's the formula I was asking you to show. But since you didn't, I'll just offer these general pointers: Join expressions with the & operator. Enclose strings with quotation marks.

I also locked down the Subject text field
so a user cannot type anything in that text box.

No need to do that. If a field is set to use a formula, only the formula can set the field's value.

Also, the custom fields are just text boxes that users will enter data.

No, they're not. Confusing fields with the controls that display data will get you into trouble eventually in Outlook form design, so it's important to grasp this distinction. Fields, aka properties, are the data elements that Outlook stores. Controls, such as text boxes, are the user interface elements that make it easy for users to interact with fields. You can have a control without a field and a field without a control. But you can't store data without a field.
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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54

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On Jun 6, 10:23 am, "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]"
wrote:
Don't confuse controls and properties. test is the name of a custom property (aka field), not a control.

Show the formula you're using for two fields.

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On Jun 5, 3:26 pm, wrote:
I'm trying to create a custom Outlook form that will take data entered
within a custom field into the suject line. Thus, is someone types in
"111" in a field. I'd like the subject link when emailed to say "111."

Can this be done?

Thanks
|mb

Sue, yes this is a message form for internal use. I'll just post the
*.oft file to our SharePoint server for users to enter data.

Also, I actually figured out how to do this.

I created a custom field and told the subject text box to display
what
ever content was in my custom field.

Here is a screenshot of the Properties box of the Subject line text
box -
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/8437/testdp6.gif

You will see I set the Initial Value to display text from a custom
text box [test]

Now, I'm trying to figure out how to show data from two or more
custom
fields within the subject text box. When I have two fields in the
Initial Value text box I get the data and time.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I'm not using a forumla. The screen shot is the properties box of the
Subject text box. I just told it to display the data in a custom
field. In this case Test. I also locked down the Subject text field
so a user cannot type anything in that text box.

Also, the custom fields are just text boxes that users will enter
data.