Microsoft KB Archive/183835

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Article ID: 183835

Article Last Modified on 8/10/1999



APPLIES TO

  • Microsoft Outlook 98 Standard Edition



This article was previously published under Q183835

SYMPTOMS

You may not be able to see a user-defined field value that was sent with a customized task request.

CAUSE

Microsoft Outlook does not display the value of the field if the field was added into one of the Outlook table views, such as the Detailed List view.

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

In Microsoft Outlook 97, Task Request and Meeting Request forms did not support custom fields. This functionality was added in Outlook 98.

This problem does not happen with Meeting Request forms.

REFERENCES

For more information about custom forms with Microsoft Outlook 98, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

180826 OL98: Resources for Custom Forms and Programming

182349 OL98: Questions About Custom Forms and Outlook Solutions


WORKAROUND

Open the item in the Inbox and if the custom field was added to the custom form, Outlook will properly display its value on the form.


Additional query words: OutSol OutSol98

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB183835