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Chris McConnell
Hi--
I've searched diligently for an answer to this, and experimented at some
length, so forgive me if this topic is asked and answered already...
All Office 2003 applications seem to offer the possibility of inserting an
object, like a wave object. (This is OLE, right? It's not the same as
attaching a file.) In virtually every case, embedding an object works
great--it's quick and easy to retrieve the contents of the embedded object.
Yet in Outlook, if I embed a wave object in a Task Item for example, when I
go to retrieve the contents of that embedded wave object, the Play context
menu (right mouse button) is grayed out. Why is that??? Certainly I can
play an *attached* wave FILE from a Task Item, so why can't I play an
*embedded* wave OBJECT from a Task Item?
Curiously, I can copy that embedded wave object from the Task Item to MS
Word, for example, and MS Word can play the same wave object perfectly. But
when I paste that wave object back into the Task Item--again, no luck--the
Play context menu is grayed out.
A somewhat different (and perhaps worse) phenomenon occurs when embedding a
wave object in an e-mail message. In draft form, the wave object plays just
fine from the e-mail message; however, once that e-mail message is sent, the
embedded wave object appears to have lost itself entirely. Now, in every
way, it appears to be nothing more than an image of a small speaker
(including the ability to copy and paste that image). This "lost character"
for the embedded wav object is true both for the received e-mail message and
for the retained copy in Sent Items.
Of course *attaching* a wave FILE to an e-mail message works in every
regard. I just think that *embedding* a wav OBJECT could be quicker and
easier, especially for the e-mail recipient.
Thank you very much for your guidance.
Chris
P.S. In the big picture, I am trying to understand the best (quickest,
easiest, etc) way to create "recorded voice" Task Items and "recorded voice"
Mail Items.
I've searched diligently for an answer to this, and experimented at some
length, so forgive me if this topic is asked and answered already...
All Office 2003 applications seem to offer the possibility of inserting an
object, like a wave object. (This is OLE, right? It's not the same as
attaching a file.) In virtually every case, embedding an object works
great--it's quick and easy to retrieve the contents of the embedded object.
Yet in Outlook, if I embed a wave object in a Task Item for example, when I
go to retrieve the contents of that embedded wave object, the Play context
menu (right mouse button) is grayed out. Why is that??? Certainly I can
play an *attached* wave FILE from a Task Item, so why can't I play an
*embedded* wave OBJECT from a Task Item?
Curiously, I can copy that embedded wave object from the Task Item to MS
Word, for example, and MS Word can play the same wave object perfectly. But
when I paste that wave object back into the Task Item--again, no luck--the
Play context menu is grayed out.
A somewhat different (and perhaps worse) phenomenon occurs when embedding a
wave object in an e-mail message. In draft form, the wave object plays just
fine from the e-mail message; however, once that e-mail message is sent, the
embedded wave object appears to have lost itself entirely. Now, in every
way, it appears to be nothing more than an image of a small speaker
(including the ability to copy and paste that image). This "lost character"
for the embedded wav object is true both for the received e-mail message and
for the retained copy in Sent Items.
Of course *attaching* a wave FILE to an e-mail message works in every
regard. I just think that *embedding* a wav OBJECT could be quicker and
easier, especially for the e-mail recipient.
Thank you very much for your guidance.
Chris
P.S. In the big picture, I am trying to understand the best (quickest,
easiest, etc) way to create "recorded voice" Task Items and "recorded voice"
Mail Items.