inserting sounds into email

[Marisa]

Using Outlook 2002 on Win XP with SP2 installed.
I am trying to insert a "Clip Art" sound into my outgoing messages, but when
the recipient receives the e-mail, they cannot hear the sound. To insert the
sound, I found the one I wanted, clicked the drop-down menu next to it and
chose "Insert". Then, it puts this little speaker icon in the message body.
When I sent it to myself (as a test), I could open the message and see the
speaker icon, but could not hear anything, not even I clicked on the icon.
There's also this attachment called "oledata.mso", with no opening program
associated with it. My goal is to create an email that, when opened, the
sound is played (preferably without seeing the speaker icon).

 

[Marisa]

I forgot to add that I am using Word 2002 to compose my e-mails (HTML format).

 

[K. Orland]

http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/addingsound.htm
You should find this pretty helpful. Good luck.

 

[Marisa]

OK. Got that. The problem now, is that when I click on the "Sound" button, I
get an Error message that says "This object was created in
HTMLInlineSoundCtl. This application is not available to open this object.
Make sure the application is properly installed and that it has not been
deleted, moved, or renamed."
Now what? Anyone have a solution?

 

[Sonny]

According Microsoft...
The ActiveX controls were disabled in Windows XP SP2 because they pose a
security risk. There is no supported workaround to enable this functionality
in Microsoft Office.

See article
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;886299