Microsoft KB Archive/184870

= OL98: Categories Button Does Not Work on Post Form =

Article ID: 184870

Article Last Modified on 8/13/1999

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q184870



SYMPTOMS
The Categories button on a Microsoft Outlook 98 post form does not work after you customize the form.



CAUSE
The Categories button was moved when the form was in design mode.



RESOLUTION
You can workaround this problem by rebinding the Categories button after you move it. To do this, follow these steps:
 * 1) Open an instance of the customized post form.
 * 2) On the Tools menu, click Forms and then click Design This Form.
 * 3) Right-click Categories, and on the shortcut menu click Properties.
 * 4) Click the Value tab and note the Type is set to Keywords.
 * 5) Click Choose Field, click All Contact Fields, and then click Categories. Note the Type now changes to Button. Click OK.

To test the button, click the Form menu, click Run This Form, and then click the Categories button.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Outlook 98.



MORE INFORMATION
A new feature of Outlook forms is that you can now create a button on a custom form that will display one of three dialog boxes:


 * Categories...
 * Check Address...
 * Check Name...

To create one of these buttons, use the Control Toolbox to drag a Command Button onto the form and then follow the procedure above to bind the dialog box to the button.

The CheckAddress and CheckName dialog boxes are designed to be used with a Contact form. While Outlook will allow you to bind these dialog boxes to a button on any type of form, the dialog boxes will only be displayed if you use a contact form.

The Categories dialog box can be used with all types of Outlook forms since they all have a Categories field available.

