Article ID: 288552
Article Last Modified on 3/9/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Outlook 98 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q288552
SUMMARY
You can assign a password to an Outlook custom form to prevent users from accessing the form in Design mode, but the password is not secure because it can be retrieved using the Outlook object model.
MORE INFORMATION
In all versions of Outlook, the object model exposes a Password property on the FormDescription object. This property contains the text of the password that is assigned to a form. In addition, you can access the text of the Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) code in a form by using the ScriptText property.
Outlook custom form passwords should be considered a deterrent so that typical end users cannot gain access to the design of a form. However, these form passwords cannot guarantee that users will not be able to access information about a form's design.
REFERENCES
For additional information about creating solutions with Microsoft Outlook, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
180826 OL98: Resources for Custom Forms and Programming
182349 OL98: Questions About Custom Forms and Outlook Solutions
Additional query words: OutSol OutSol98
Keywords: kbinfo KB288552
