Is it possible to attcahed a drop down list such as used in Excel Validation,
to allow choise in a Field within a self designed message form in Outlook, to
allow a choice?

Yes, you can use a combo box in a message form that is published to the Organizational Forms library and used only internally in an Exchange environment.

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


"McLaren Racing" McLaren wrote in message ...
Is it possible to attcahed a drop down list such as used in Excel Validation,
to allow choise in a Field within a self designed message form in Outlook, to
allow a choice?

Hi Sue, thanks for this, but sorry for my ignorance on this as I have taut
myself for creation of the form. Are you suggesting I publish the Form to
the internal Organisation library, and then create a local address book they
access to choose from. What if it is a list of cost centres I need them to
choose from?

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Yes, you can use a combo box in a message form that is published to the Organizational Forms library and used only internally in an Exchange environment.

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


"McLaren Racing" McLaren wrote in message ...
Is it possible to attcahed a drop down list such as used in Excel Validation,
to allow choise in a Field within a self designed message form in Outlook, to
allow a choice?

What you want to do requires a form published to the Organizational Forms library. If you can't meet that requirement, then you would have to publish it to every user's Personal Forms library. See http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=61 for more information on this prerequisite.

I don't know what "a local address book" has to do with your original question. You can use code behind the form to populate a combo box with whatever row data you need; see http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?ID=32

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


"McLaren Racing" wrote in message ...
Hi Sue, thanks for this, but sorry for my ignorance on this as I have taut
myself for creation of the form. Are you suggesting I publish the Form to
the internal Organisation library, and then create a local address book they
access to choose from. What if it is a list of cost centres I need them to
choose from?

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Yes, you can use a combo box in a message form that is published to the Organizational Forms library and used only internally in an Exchange environment.


"McLaren Racing" McLaren wrote in message ...
Is it possible to attcahed a drop down list such as used in Excel Validation,
to allow choise in a Field within a self designed message form in Outlook, to
allow a choice?