Article ID: 58452
Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Mail Software Development Kit (SDK) for HyperCard 2.0
- Microsoft Mail Software Development Kit 3.0
This article was previously published under Q58452
SUMMARY
To access fields from nonstandard message types created using the Microsoft Mail versions 2.0 or 3.0 Forms Designer, the identification codes for those fields are needed. There are no built-in functions for returning the values from these custom forms, so to access them, these codes are passed to the Microsoft Mail function call using the parameter "getField".
To find these codes, launch HyperCard and open the stack that contains the custom form that will be read. In the HyperCard message box on the Send screen or Read screen of the form's stack, type the following:
show background field idmap
A field then appears, displaying the mapping between the form's field names and the Mail codes. The idmap field holds the 4-character identification code and the names of the custom fields and buttons.
Before closing the form, hide the field by typing the following in the message box:
hide background field idmap
The same field identification codes can be used with the Microsoft Excel Software Development Kit (SDK).
Keywords: KB58452
