Specify the Way Outlook Responds When Executing an Action

To specify the way that Outlook responds when executing an action

1. In the form region manifest XML file, specify the action as a child action element of the customActions element for that form region.

2. Specify the internal name of the action as the value of the name attribute of the action element.

3. Specify a value for the child method element of the action element.

The following example assigns replyToBlog as the internal name of a custom action, and specifies that Outlook will prompt the user to determine if he or she wants to open the resulting item now or send the item immediately:

<customActions>
    <action name="replyToBlog">
        <method>prompt</method>
        <!-- Further characterize this action -->
    </action>
</customActions>

Note that the child method element of the action element can contain one of the following values:

Value	Description
open	Outlook will open the resulting item in the inspector for the user to edit.
prompt	Outlook will prompt the user whether to open the resulting item now or send it immediately.
send	Outlook will send the resulting item automatically.

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