Article ID: 278926
Article Last Modified on 2/27/2004
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Outlook 98 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q278926
SYMPTOMS
When you are using a custom post form, the time an item was posted is incorrect.
CAUSE
When you designed the form, you saved the item before you published the form. This causes the posted time to be the time that the custom form was published, not the time an item was posted to a folder.
WORKAROUND
Do not save post forms before publishing them. If you have already done so, there is no way to clear the "posted" value. You must create a new custom post form, and copy the customizations from the old form.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
On a post form, the Posted value is shown on the Read page of the form, so you must save an item to the folder, and then re-open the item to see this value. Although the field on the form says "Posted:," the value is actually stored in the item's Sent field. Outlook sets this field when an item is saved.
The problem occurs if you click the File menu, and then click Save before you publish the form. This initially sets the Sent field, which in turn, causes it to be updated when the form is published.
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
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