You might try saving as an .fdm file from the Manage Forms dialog.

As for the other issue, beginning with Outlook 2003 SP2, users can work with most .oft form templates files only by opening the template from the Tools | Forms | Choose Form dialog, browsing for User Templates in File System. This means that if the .oft file is sent as a message attachment, the user must save it to the local hard drive first.

The article at http://support.microsoft.com/?id=907985 explains this change in more detail, suggests best practices, and provides registry keys that can return Outlook 2003 to the older, less secure behavior.


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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"Dealmasters" wrote in message ...
My custom contact form in Outlook 2003 works fine on the computer I created
it on but after saving my form to a cd I get the following error message when
trying to open the form on another computer: Internal MAPI error: An invalid
parameter was passed to a MAPI function. Contact your administrator. The
method I used to get the form on a cd worked fine with other forms. Here's
the save path I use: from my custom form in Outlook 2003; click file; save as
.oft document; then from the saved document right click and send saved
document to cd.

Also, when I try to email my custom contact form, the standard contact form
opens on the computer I email the form to instead of my custom form opening.

Thanks for your help!
Clark
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