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Old July 19th, 2004, 05:03 PM
Hufault
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I'd like to press a button that automatically places today's date, my initials, the word "Notes:" a carriage return and an indent before writing my comments.

Excel has a quick key stroke that adds todays date (Ctrl + , does outlook have something similar? Is there a way to design this in Macros or v basic?
Please provide specifics.

Example

07/19/2004 SEH Notes:
Left message on home voicemail
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Old July 26th, 2004, 09:58 PM
Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]
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See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/forms/stampdate.htm for a custom form
that's a start toward what you're trying to do.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"Hufault" wrote in message
...
I'd like to press a button that automatically places today's date, my

initials, the word "Notes:" a carriage return and an indent before writing
my comments.

Excel has a quick key stroke that adds todays date (Ctrl + , does

outlook have something similar? Is there a way to design this in Macros or v
basic?
Please provide specifics.

Example

07/19/2004 SEH Notes:
Left message on home voicemail



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Old July 27th, 2004, 09:13 PM
Hufault
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Thank you, Sue. Impressive Website. I've been looking for something like this.
Just fyi, looked to me like sperrysoftware already did the leg work and designed something I could use. I got that link from site you referred me to below. Thanks so much for your help.

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/forms/stampdate.htm for a custom form
that's a start toward what you're trying to do.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"Hufault" wrote in message
...
I'd like to press a button that automatically places today's date, my

initials, the word "Notes:" a carriage return and an indent before writing
my comments.

Excel has a quick key stroke that adds todays date (Ctrl + , does

outlook have something similar? Is there a way to design this in Macros or v
basic?
Please provide specifics.

Example

07/19/2004 SEH Notes:
Left message on home voicemail




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Old December 7th, 2006, 10:46 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Joe
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I used this information and it was helpful. When in "design this form" I
complete the work as instructed and "run the form". Everything work great,
the date and time are inserted in the note field. However, when I save the
form and open it, the date stamp does not work. Any ideas? Also, is there a
way to modify the code so only the date shows? (no time)
thanks

"Hufault" wrote:

Thank you, Sue. Impressive Website. I've been looking for something like this.
Just fyi, looked to me like sperrysoftware already did the leg work and designed something I could use. I got that link from site you referred me to below. Thanks so much for your help.

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/forms/stampdate.htm for a custom form
that's a start toward what you're trying to do.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"Hufault" wrote in message
...
I'd like to press a button that automatically places today's date, my

initials, the word "Notes:" a carriage return and an indent before writing
my comments.

Excel has a quick key stroke that adds todays date (Ctrl + , does

outlook have something similar? Is there a way to design this in Macros or v
basic?
Please provide specifics.

Example

07/19/2004 SEH Notes:
Left message on home voicemail




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Old December 7th, 2006, 11:31 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]
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You need to publish the form. See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/formpub.htm

The FormatDateTime() function governs how the date/time appears. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8aebkz6s.aspx

--
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/jumpstart.aspx

"Joe" wrote in message ...
I used this information and it was helpful. When in "design this form" I
complete the work as instructed and "run the form". Everything work great,
the date and time are inserted in the note field. However, when I save the
form and open it, the date stamp does not work. Any ideas? Also, is there a
way to modify the code so only the date shows? (no time)
thanks

"Hufault" wrote:

Thank you, Sue. Impressive Website. I've been looking for something like this.
Just fyi, looked to me like sperrysoftware already did the leg work and designed something I could use. I got that link from site you referred me to below. Thanks so much for your help.

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/forms/stampdate.htm for a custom form
that's a start toward what you're trying to do.


"Hufault" wrote in message
...
I'd like to press a button that automatically places today's date, my
initials, the word "Notes:" a carriage return and an indent before writing
my comments.

Excel has a quick key stroke that adds todays date (Ctrl + , does
outlook have something similar? Is there a way to design this in Macros or v
basic?
Please provide specifics.

Example

07/19/2004 SEH Notes:
Left message on home voicemail



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Old December 8th, 2006, 01:10 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Joe
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Sue, This worked. I published the form and the date stamp button works.
thanks
On the other issue, I visited the site you suggested and I don't know what
to do with the code that is there. Do I insert it in with the code in my
form? Do I replace the code in my form with one of the lines of code? Not
sure what to do.

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You need to publish the form. See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/formpub.htm

The FormatDateTime() function governs how the date/time appears. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8aebkz6s.aspx

--
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/jumpstart.aspx

"Joe" wrote in message ...
I used this information and it was helpful. When in "design this form" I
complete the work as instructed and "run the form". Everything work great,
the date and time are inserted in the note field. However, when I save the
form and open it, the date stamp does not work. Any ideas? Also, is there a
way to modify the code so only the date shows? (no time)
thanks

"Hufault" wrote:

Thank you, Sue. Impressive Website. I've been looking for something like this.
Just fyi, looked to me like sperrysoftware already did the leg work and designed something I could use. I got that link from site you referred me to below. Thanks so much for your help.

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/forms/stampdate.htm for a custom form
that's a start toward what you're trying to do.


"Hufault" wrote in message
...
I'd like to press a button that automatically places today's date, my
initials, the word "Notes:" a carriage return and an indent before writing
my comments.

Excel has a quick key stroke that adds todays date (Ctrl + , does
outlook have something similar? Is there a way to design this in Macros or v
basic?
Please provide specifics.

Example

07/19/2004 SEH Notes:
Left message on home voicemail




  #7  
Old December 8th, 2006, 01:48 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]
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Look at the code in the form that gets the date/time value. The page I suggested explains how the FormatDateTime function works and even provides a very simple example on how to use it to return a string with a date/time value in a particular format. But since you seem to need another example, you could replace Date with FormatDateTime(Date, vbShortDate).

--
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/jumpstart.aspx

"Joe" wrote in message ...
Sue, This worked. I published the form and the date stamp button works.
thanks
On the other issue, I visited the site you suggested and I don't know what
to do with the code that is there. Do I insert it in with the code in my
form? Do I replace the code in my form with one of the lines of code? Not
sure what to do.

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You need to publish the form. See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/formpub.htm

The FormatDateTime() function governs how the date/time appears. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8aebkz6s.aspx



"Joe" wrote in message ...
I used this information and it was helpful. When in "design this form" I
complete the work as instructed and "run the form". Everything work great,
the date and time are inserted in the note field. However, when I save the
form and open it, the date stamp does not work. Any ideas? Also, is there a
way to modify the code so only the date shows? (no time)
thanks

"Hufault" wrote:

Thank you, Sue. Impressive Website. I've been looking for something like this.
Just fyi, looked to me like sperrysoftware already did the leg work and designed something I could use. I got that link from site you referred me to below. Thanks so much for your help.

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/forms/stampdate.htm for a custom form
that's a start toward what you're trying to do.


"Hufault" wrote in message
...
I'd like to press a button that automatically places today's date, my
initials, the word "Notes:" a carriage return and an indent before writing
my comments.

Excel has a quick key stroke that adds todays date (Ctrl + , does
outlook have something similar? Is there a way to design this in Macros or v
basic?
Please provide specifics.


  #8  
Old December 8th, 2006, 03:43 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Joe
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Sue,
thank you, I got it to work. You're the best!!
Have a good weekend.
Joe

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Look at the code in the form that gets the date/time value. The page I suggested explains how the FormatDateTime function works and even provides a very simple example on how to use it to return a string with a date/time value in a particular format. But since you seem to need another example, you could replace Date with FormatDateTime(Date, vbShortDate).

--
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/jumpstart.aspx

"Joe" wrote in message ...
Sue, This worked. I published the form and the date stamp button works.
thanks
On the other issue, I visited the site you suggested and I don't know what
to do with the code that is there. Do I insert it in with the code in my
form? Do I replace the code in my form with one of the lines of code? Not
sure what to do.

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You need to publish the form. See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/formpub.htm

The FormatDateTime() function governs how the date/time appears. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8aebkz6s.aspx



"Joe" wrote in message ...
I used this information and it was helpful. When in "design this form" I
complete the work as instructed and "run the form". Everything work great,
the date and time are inserted in the note field. However, when I save the
form and open it, the date stamp does not work. Any ideas? Also, is there a
way to modify the code so only the date shows? (no time)
thanks

"Hufault" wrote:

Thank you, Sue. Impressive Website. I've been looking for something like this.
Just fyi, looked to me like sperrysoftware already did the leg work and designed something I could use. I got that link from site you referred me to below. Thanks so much for your help.

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/forms/stampdate.htm for a custom form
that's a start toward what you're trying to do.


"Hufault" wrote in message
...
I'd like to press a button that automatically places today's date, my
initials, the word "Notes:" a carriage return and an indent before writing
my comments.

Excel has a quick key stroke that adds todays date (Ctrl + , does
outlook have something similar? Is there a way to design this in Macros or v
basic?
Please provide specifics.



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Old December 8th, 2006, 05:11 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Joe
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Sue, One more thing came up. When I published the revised form, with the
date stamp it worked ok on my local folders, but the button did not work on
shared folders. Do I need to publish the form to the shared users "Mail box"
too? Thanks
Joe

"Joe" wrote:

Sue,
thank you, I got it to work. You're the best!!
Have a good weekend.
Joe

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Look at the code in the form that gets the date/time value. The page I suggested explains how the FormatDateTime function works and even provides a very simple example on how to use it to return a string with a date/time value in a particular format. But since you seem to need another example, you could replace Date with FormatDateTime(Date, vbShortDate).

--
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/jumpstart.aspx

"Joe" wrote in message ...
Sue, This worked. I published the form and the date stamp button works.
thanks
On the other issue, I visited the site you suggested and I don't know what
to do with the code that is there. Do I insert it in with the code in my
form? Do I replace the code in my form with one of the lines of code? Not
sure what to do.

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You need to publish the form. See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/formpub.htm

The FormatDateTime() function governs how the date/time appears. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8aebkz6s.aspx



"Joe" wrote in message ...
I used this information and it was helpful. When in "design this form" I
complete the work as instructed and "run the form". Everything work great,
the date and time are inserted in the note field. However, when I save the
form and open it, the date stamp does not work. Any ideas? Also, is there a
way to modify the code so only the date shows? (no time)
thanks

"Hufault" wrote:

Thank you, Sue. Impressive Website. I've been looking for something like this.
Just fyi, looked to me like sperrysoftware already did the leg work and designed something I could use. I got that link from site you referred me to below. Thanks so much for your help.

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/forms/stampdate.htm for a custom form
that's a start toward what you're trying to do.


"Hufault" wrote in message
...
I'd like to press a button that automatically places today's date, my
initials, the word "Notes:" a carriage return and an indent before writing
my comments.

Excel has a quick key stroke that adds todays date (Ctrl + , does
outlook have something similar? Is there a way to design this in Macros or v
basic?
Please provide specifics.



  #10  
Old December 8th, 2006, 06:30 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]
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Yes, plus each user must make a setting change . See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/secforms.htm#mailboxscript

--
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/jumpstart.aspx

"Joe" wrote in message ...
Sue, One more thing came up. When I published the revised form, with the
date stamp it worked ok on my local folders, but the button did not work on
shared folders. Do I need to publish the form to the shared users "Mail box"
too? Thanks
Joe

"Joe" wrote:

Sue,
thank you, I got it to work. You're the best!!
Have a good weekend.
Joe

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Look at the code in the form that gets the date/time value. The page I suggested explains how the FormatDateTime function works and even provides a very simple example on how to use it to return a string with a date/time value in a particular format. But since you seem to need another example, you could replace Date with FormatDateTime(Date, vbShortDate).



"Joe" wrote in message ...
Sue, This worked. I published the form and the date stamp button works.
thanks
On the other issue, I visited the site you suggested and I don't know what
to do with the code that is there. Do I insert it in with the code in my
form? Do I replace the code in my form with one of the lines of code? Not
sure what to do.

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You need to publish the form. See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/formpub.htm

The FormatDateTime() function governs how the date/time appears. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8aebkz6s.aspx


"Joe" wrote in message ...
I used this information and it was helpful. When in "design this form" I
complete the work as instructed and "run the form". Everything work great,
the date and time are inserted in the note field. However, when I save the
form and open it, the date stamp does not work. Any ideas? Also, is there a
way to modify the code so only the date shows? (no time)
thanks

"Hufault" wrote:

Thank you, Sue. Impressive Website. I've been looking for something like this.
Just fyi, looked to me like sperrysoftware already did the leg work and designed something I could use. I got that link from site you referred me to below. Thanks so much for your help.

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/forms/stampdate.htm for a custom form
that's a start toward what you're trying to do.


"Hufault" wrote in message
...
I'd like to press a button that automatically places today's date, my
initials, the word "Notes:" a carriage return and an indent before writing
my comments.

Excel has a quick key stroke that adds todays date (Ctrl + , does
outlook have something similar? Is there a way to design this in Macros or v
basic?
Please provide specifics.


 




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