OL2000: ErrMsg: a Field on This Form Requires a Value (201660)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Outlook 2000
This article was previously published under Q201660

SYMPTOMS

When you send, save, or post a custom form in Outlook, you may receive the message:
A field on this form requires a value.
When you click OK, the control that requires input may or may not have the focus, or insertion point.

CAUSE

This can be caused by:
  • There is a custom field on the form that requires a value that was not provided.
  • A control that was bound to a field requiring input may have been deleted, but the field was not deleted and is still associated with the form.

RESOLUTION

Use either of these two methods to resolve the problem.

Complete the Field that Requires Input

After you click OK, focus moves to the control that requires input; there may be more than one control on your form requiring input. Until all the controls that require input are completed, you will continue to get the error.

Delete the Field from the Form

NOTE: These steps assume you deleted the control from the form but did not delete the field.
  1. Open the form. On the Tools menu, click Design Outlook Form.
  2. Click the All Fields tab. Click to select the field that is no longer used, and then click Delete.
  3. Click Yes to confirm that you wish to delete the field.
There may be more than one field that requires input on your form. To find the field that is creating the error, you will need to test by typing a test value next to the field on the All Fields page, and then test the form. If you have many fields to test you may want to use the following method:
  1. Enter values into half of the empty fields on the All Fields page and test the form.
  2. If the test is successful, delete half the values from the first test group, and try the form again.
  3. Repeat step 2 until you narrow down the possibilities to one field.
It may be a good design practice to put an asterisk in a label control outside the text box to indicate that it is a required field.

MORE INFORMATION

The error message doesn't indicate which field requires a value. If the same form page is displayed, the insertion point will move to the proper field, but if the field is on a different page, you may need to work through each field to find it.

REFERENCES

For additional information about available resources and answers to commonly asked questions about Microsoft Outlook 2000 solutions, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

146636 OL2000: Questions About Custom Forms and Outlook Solutions

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:9/29/2003
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