Forcing RTF

[Joe Engelman]

I have about ten Organizational Forms in Outlook 2002. A
few of them, when opened inherit the format of the users
settings. For example, if they have their e-mail settings
set to 'HTML' the form is then opened as 'HTML'. Same as
if they had their settings on 'RTF', the form then opens
in 'RTF'. However, a few of the other forms remain
in 'RTF' no matter what the users settings. I can not see
anything that would cause this to happen. Any help would
be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Joe Engelman

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

One method I've used where users also have the same version of Word is to
set a particular Word .dot template as part of the form. This forces the
form to always use RTF. I don't recall whether I tested in OL2002, though.

 

[Joe Engelman]

Hi Sue,

Thanks, for the advice, I would like to go ahead and try
this out on 2002 but I am not particularly sure how to go
about it. I have something like this:
Dim oWord, oDocs
Set oWord = CreateObject("Word.Application")
oWord.Visible = True
Set oDocs = oWord.Documents
oDocs.Open "c:test.dot"

But this doesnt force RTF and it actually opens up a word
doc along side of the form, which is something I just will
not be able to have. Any suggestions would be much
appreciated.

Thanks,
Joe

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

On an Outlook custom form, you set the associated Word template on the
(Properties) page. Make sure Outlook is set with RTF as the default format
before you open the form in design mode.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[joe engelman]

So I did this and it seems to be working, however, I am
not sure how this will work when I post it to the
organizational folder. Since I am referencing the
word.dot from my local machine, do I have to move that
word.dot to my exchange server somewhere in order for it
to work?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

The .dot template would need to be either in a network (not Exchange) folder
or available at the same file path on each local drive.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your help on this matter Sue. I think I have
successfully forced RTF on one of my most used forms. I
am sure you will see me posting on here again if it
happens to break something else.