When I receive a meeting request (standard Outlook functionality) the message
closes automatically after I select either Accept, Decline etc.

I have created a custom form and added voting buttons to it but when the
recipient receives the message it remains open after they have selected a
voting option. The user has to manually close the message. The problem that
this presents is that some users cannot remember whether they have voted or
not when they re-read the message a later date.

What I would like to achieve is:

a) for the message to automatically close when the user selects a voting
option
b) to include some sort of indication on the message that states whether the
user has responded to the message

Is this possible?

Thanks

a) Outlook version? There are bugs with the Close method in both current versions.

b) Outlook already does that with the infobar.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54


"DavidW" wrote in message ...
When I receive a meeting request (standard Outlook functionality) the message
closes automatically after I select either Accept, Decline etc.

I have created a custom form and added voting buttons to it but when the
recipient receives the message it remains open after they have selected a
voting option. The user has to manually close the message. The problem that
this presents is that some users cannot remember whether they have voted or
not when they re-read the message a later date.

What I would like to achieve is:

a) for the message to automatically close when the user selects a voting
option
b) to include some sort of indication on the message that states whether the
user has responded to the message

Is this possible?

Thanks

Hi Sue,

We are using Outlook 2003. I'm away from the office at the moment so I'll
have to check the infobar when I get back.

Thanks
David

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

a) Outlook version? There are bugs with the Close method in both current versions.

b) Outlook already does that with the infobar.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54


"DavidW" wrote in message ...
When I receive a meeting request (standard Outlook functionality) the message
closes automatically after I select either Accept, Decline etc.

I have created a custom form and added voting buttons to it but when the
recipient receives the message it remains open after they have selected a
voting option. The user has to manually close the message. The problem that
this presents is that some users cannot remember whether they have voted or
not when they re-read the message a later date.

What I would like to achieve is:

a) for the message to automatically close when the user selects a voting
option
b) to include some sort of indication on the message that states whether the
user has responded to the message

Is this possible?

Thanks

You'd need to put this statement in the Item_CustomAction event handler:

Item.Close 0

BUT there is a bug that you may need to call Microsoft to get a hotfix for before you can use that. See http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=55, under Post-SP2 Problems.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54


"DavidW" wrote in message ...
Hi Sue,

We are using Outlook 2003. I'm away from the office at the moment so I'll
have to check the infobar when I get back.

Thanks
David

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

a) Outlook version? There are bugs with the Close method in both current versions.

b) Outlook already does that with the infobar.

"DavidW" wrote in message ...
When I receive a meeting request (standard Outlook functionality) the message
closes automatically after I select either Accept, Decline etc.

I have created a custom form and added voting buttons to it but when the
recipient receives the message it remains open after they have selected a
voting option. The user has to manually close the message. The problem that
this presents is that some users cannot remember whether they have voted or
not when they re-read the message a later date.

What I would like to achieve is:

a) for the message to automatically close when the user selects a voting
option
b) to include some sort of indication on the message that states whether the
user has responded to the message

Is this possible?

Thanks

Thanks Sue, I'll test that out.


David

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You'd need to put this statement in the Item_CustomAction event handler:

Item.Close 0

BUT there is a bug that you may need to call Microsoft to get a hotfix for before you can use that. See http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=55, under Post-SP2 Problems.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54


"DavidW" wrote in message ...
Hi Sue,

We are using Outlook 2003. I'm away from the office at the moment so I'll
have to check the infobar when I get back.

Thanks
David

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

a) Outlook version? There are bugs with the Close method in both current versions.

b) Outlook already does that with the infobar.

"DavidW" wrote in message ...
When I receive a meeting request (standard Outlook functionality) the message
closes automatically after I select either Accept, Decline etc.

I have created a custom form and added voting buttons to it but when the
recipient receives the message it remains open after they have selected a
voting option. The user has to manually close the message. The problem that
this presents is that some users cannot remember whether they have voted or
not when they re-read the message a later date.

What I would like to achieve is:

a) for the message to automatically close when the user selects a voting
option
b) to include some sort of indication on the message that states whether the
user has responded to the message

Is this possible?

Thanks