OL98: How to Protect a Custom Form from Changes

When you create a custom form in Microsoft Outlook 98, you can protect your form from changes by other users. The simplest way to accomplish this is by assigning a password to the form.

To assign a password to your form, follow these steps:

1. Open the form you want to customize.
2. On the Tools menu, point to Forms and click Design This Form.
3. In design mode, click the Properties page and click to select Protect Form Design.
4. In the Password box, enter a password. Enter the same password again in the Confirm box, and then click OK.

When the design of your form is complete publish your form by doing the following:

1. On the Tools menu, point to Forms and click Publish Form As.
2. Set the "Look in" box to the appropriate folder or forms library.
3. Enter a name for your form in the Display name box.
4. Click Publish.
5. On the File menu, click Close and if prompted, do not save changes to the item.

If anyone attempts to switch to design mode while in the form, they will be prompted to enter the password. The correct password must be typed to make changes.

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