Trouble installing fdm forms

[RipRyness]

I'm doing some maintenance programming on a solution that includes an Outlook
plugin written in .Net 1.1 that works with some custom Outlook forms saved as
fdm files. This is my first experience with something like this.

Altering the plugin and fdm files was easy and testing in my dev environment
has gone well. However in my dev environment I do not have an Exchange
server. I'm trying to deploy what I've done to an environment that includes
Outlook 2003 clients working with an Exchange 2000 server.

In that environment, using Outlook I go into the custom forms dialog and
install the fdm files into the appropriate public folder overwriting the
previous versions. However it doesn't seem to take. I'm still seeing the
old forms.

If this is the incorrect forum to post this question please point me in the
right direction.

TIA,
Rip Ryness
Programmer

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Maybe a dumb question, but how do you know you're seeing the old forms? Did you increment the version number so you can check in Help | About This Form?

 

[RipRyness]

I removed a field on the new form.

 

[RipRyness]

Sue,

Thanks for the reply.

I know it is the old form because I removed a field in the new version.

Thanks,
Rip Ryness
Programmer

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

But does the form have dual compose and read layouts? Which layout did you remove the field from? The version number is a far better indicator.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54

 

[RipRyness]

I'm new at this but it looks like the form does not have a separate compose
and read layout as the options are disabled and the "Saparate Read Layout"
option is not checked.

Could there be a permissions issue where the client I am using does not have
permission to publish forms to a public folder? I'm not getting any messages
to that effect but I thought that may be an issue.

Or perhaps is it a cache issue?

TIA,
Rip Ryness
Programmer

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Permissions could certainly be an issue. Only a folder owner can publish or install forms on a folder.

I always do forms work in a mail profile that does not use Cached Exchange mode.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54