Microsoft KB Archive/234362

= OL98: Information Bar Does Not Display on Custom Mail Form =

Article ID: 234362

Article Last Modified on 3/4/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q234362





SYMPTOMS
After modifying the default page of a mail message form, the Information Bar no longer appears on the custom form.



CAUSE
This is a limitation of custom mail message forms.



RESOLUTION
To work around this limitation, add additional controls to the form to indicate information that is typically displayed in the Information Bar.



Steps to Reproduce Behavior

 * 1) Open a new mail message form.
 * 2) On the Tools menu, point to Forms, and then click Design This Form.
 * 3) Resize the message control on the Message page of the form.
 * 4) On the Tools menu, point to Forms, and then click Publish Form. Set Look In: to Inbox, and then enter Test-InfoBar as the Display Name. Click Publish.
 * 5) When prompted to "save form definition with item," click No.
 * 6) Close and do not save changes to the form.
 * 7) While in the Inbox, click the Actions menu and then click New Test-InfoBar.
 * 8) Address the form to yourself and send it.
 * 9) Open the mail message from the Inbox after it arrives.
 * 10) Reply to the received message, sending it to yourself.

The original message you received (the one still open on the screen) does not have an Information Bar indicating that you replied to the message.

