same file, different system - page went missing?

[Cy Peh]

Hi,

I've created a custom outlook form abt a yr ago and it works fine until
recently when users state when they open up the form - they could only see
the message page and not the form anymore. Thus I tried opening the file (in
the same shared drive) with all the different systems I have - a notebook, a
workstation and a server - works normally for the notebook and workstation,
but when I tried to open on the server - I encountered the same problem as my
users. So curiously - i opened the form in design mode and truly the custom
form page went missing. Strangely, the same file from the same location used
in my other systems and it works fine.

Can anyone help me out with this ? Or is it have to do with some window
patches / packs to fix this?

Appreciate anything pointed out so I could give it a try and see. Thanks.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Outlook 2003 SP2 users will need to use the Tools | Forms | Choose Form command to open a saved .oft file template.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Cy Peh]

Sorry - i forgot to mention the outlook form has a password set when you try
to design the page but when the custom form page went missing, there wasn't
any popup requesting for the password too.

Thought this might be important to highlight.

 

[JSchadler]

Very interesting. But what's the reason for this necessity?

Some of my collegues have published a couple of OFTs on a webserver, which
could be opened by only clicking the link - until Office 2003 becomes
installed all over the company. What possibilities there are with Ol2003 SP2
for this purpose?

Regards,
J. Schadler


Outlook 2003 SP2 users will need to use the Tools | Forms | Choose Form
command to open a saved .oft file template.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

The usual reason -- security. More details on the changes at http://support.microsoft.com/?id=907985. Best practice is to use published forms, not .oft files.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers