Yeah, I'm a little more comfortable with doing that now. Initially I was seeing a problem where I took the existing form, modified it, and then did a "Save as..." After doing that I could still open the old form but the new one would come back with "unable to load form". Messed around with clearing the forms cache, trying to save it from an Outlook 2003 box I have for such purposes, finally ended up disabling the forms cache to get it to work. I just mainly wanted to avoid screwing up the working form.
Thanks for the input. Time to play... -Paul -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kennedy, Jim Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2015 7:54 AM To: '[email protected]' Subject: [Exchange] RE: Can email created with old Outlook form be read after it is changed or deleted from Organizational Library? I think you are going to need to make a test form, generate some emails then change the test form. And back up your old one. :) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Maglinger, Paul Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2015 8:51 AM To: '[email protected]' Subject: [Exchange] RE: Can email created with old Outlook form be read after it is changed or deleted from Organizational Library? We've been using them for almost 2 decades. :-) Any other thoughts out there? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael B. Smith Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 6:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Exchange] RE: Can email created with old Outlook form be read after it is changed or deleted from Organizational Library? I didn't even realize that Outlook Forms were still supported. I haven't used them in over a decade... -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Maglinger, Paul Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 10:50 AM To: New Exchange List ([email protected]) Subject: [Exchange] Can email created with old Outlook form be read after it is changed or deleted from Organizational Library? We have an Outlook form that we have been using for years when we hire new employees. I have been asked to modify the form (or create a new one) to provide additional information. If I change the existing form, what happens to the emails that were created and archived using the old form. Will we still be able to view them, or because of the changes they will become unreadable because the layout is different? If I create a new form I guessing that I will need to retain the old one in order to read the archived emails. And if I rename the old form I guessing the old emails will be unreadable because they were created with a form by a different name? And from playing around with test forms, I'm pretty sure if I delete the old form the old emails will be unreadable. I haven't worked with forms in several years - it's typically one of those "make and forget" type things. Looking for some insight from someone that has worked with them in more detail than I have. Thanks, Paul
