Re: email form won't work

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Many thanks, the article explains exactly what happened to me. Since I can't
rely on all the possible recipients properly publishing the form, I'll go
with an attachment.

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Beginning with Outlook 2003 SP2, users can work with most forms only if they are published and not one-off. Checking the "Send form definition" box one-offs the form. The article at http://support.microsoft.com/?id=907985 explains this change in more detail, suggests best practices, and provides registry keys that can return Outlook 2003 to the older, less secure behavior.


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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"Ellliots" <Ellliots@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:AED79A81-E41F-42E2-9940-515BDF3767FD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I'll probably go with another kind of form an attach it to a standard email.

I appreciate you help and am sorry to take more of your time, but I'm
curious though as to why my efforts failed. I've read the Outlook help and
some KB articles on this issue and after a few readings think I understand
the basics. I have included the form definitions in the form, and I have
also tried having no separate read form and alternatively both a submit form
and an identical read form. When I email the completed form to myself at
another email address and receive it in Outlook, all I see are the standard
email message form fields and none of the custom fields.

All the recipients will be using Outlook. If the form definition is sent
with the form, why would they have to publish it?

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

It might be simpler but only if you can guarantee that all the other people are using Outlook *and* that they can follow instructions to publish a custom form so that it has the same message class as the published form that you'll be sending. Otherwise, a Word document probably is a good choice.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"Ellliots" <Ellliots@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:E9079856-E2FD-480E-AF7F-3093F0357147@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I'm estabishing a formal tasking system wherby I assign specific tasks to
people scattered around the country. The system describes the task, assigns
resources, directs coordingation, gives due dates etc. -- about 12 fields
including 2 large text fields containing a few paragraphs each. I could
easily create a form in Word or something else and attach it to an email, but
I thought it would be simpler to make the email message itself the form and
the tasking document.

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

We can go into all the technical details if you like, but an Outlook custom message form is unlikely to be suitable for what you're trying to do. If you can provide more details on what business goals you're trying to meet with this forms, some alternatives might come to mind.


"Ellliots" <Ellliots@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:CA6CA0FD-151A-40F2-8C61-36EBFB38D7ED@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
This is my first try at a basic form and I'm stumped.

Using Outlook 2003 SP2/Win XP Pro SP2. No Exchange server, just an ISP for
email.

I want to be able to send a standard format email message with specific
items of (variable) information. I've taken the basic email message form and
added several fields. I've included the form definition and have tried
separate (but identical) "compose" and "read" pages and No Separate Read
Page. I've specified a folder for sent messages, and set several message
options.

When I "test" the form by filling it in and sending it, the received message
is the standard Office email form with none of the custom fields (but it does
have the options I specified). The form in the specified folder for sent
messages is the completed custom form.

I'm sure I'm missing something obvious, but after several hours I'm stumped.
HELP please!



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