Hey

Ive been having some problems setting up Outlook Security Settings, to
allow a macro in excel to send mails without promting if the users
wants to allow an automated email to be sent.

I started with installing the ORK and admpack.exe, then i followed the
readme.doc step by step.
- registered the hashctl.dll and comdlg.ocx
- created a public folder "Outlook Security Settings" and gave myself
owner role, the rest reviewer role.
- opened outlooksecurity.oft in the new folder and published it there
as well
- opened a new form from the new published template, maed some changes
and tried saving, giving me the follwoing error message:

"The access levels on this security setting cannot be
saved,probably because of an invalid password. This
setting is currently set as a default setting for all
users. You should either delete the setting or save it
again, and type the correct password."

The strange thing is that i now have an entry in the public folder with
the changes i made so it did save the file.
The first time i tried this it told me i should turn of cashed mode, so
i did and then i got the error message, dont know if this might have
been the problem.

Anyway, now i have a custom security setting and the macro no longer
bugs me when i tried to send out email, great.
So i run upstairs to do the same for the person who actually needs to
use that macro and guess what, it doesnt work there. I added the
registry entry with a value of 1, added that persons name in the
members field but it wont work.
Tried rebooting, tried on a third person, works only on my pc. I even
tried giving those other users owner rights to the public folder to no
avail.

To simplify the testing i checked show lvl1 attachments and sent out a
mail with a .bat file, so when they can open it i know it works, and
then i also know its not a problem with the macro.

I have googled usenet and found tons of similar topics describing the
same problem but none of them had a solution (none that i found so far
that is) so i decided to make yet another topic on it...

Does anyone know how to fix this "feature"? its been driving me crazy
all day...

Greetz,

Wim

I had a similar issue a few months ago. I called Microsoft Support and
after an hour of going over everything I had done again, they informed
me that it's a flaw in the software. The form is actually saved, and
did actually work. Who knew...LOL

Wimme wrote:
Hey

Ive been having some problems setting up Outlook Security Settings, to
allow a macro in excel to send mails without promting if the users
wants to allow an automated email to be sent.

I started with installing the ORK and admpack.exe, then i followed the
readme.doc step by step.
- registered the hashctl.dll and comdlg.ocx
- created a public folder "Outlook Security Settings" and gave myself
owner role, the rest reviewer role.
- opened outlooksecurity.oft in the new folder and published it there
as well
- opened a new form from the new published template, maed some changes
and tried saving, giving me the follwoing error message:

"The access levels on this security setting cannot be
saved,probably because of an invalid password. This
setting is currently set as a default setting for all
users. You should either delete the setting or save it
again, and type the correct password."

The strange thing is that i now have an entry in the public folder with
the changes i made so it did save the file.
The first time i tried this it told me i should turn of cashed mode, so
i did and then i got the error message, dont know if this might have
been the problem.

Anyway, now i have a custom security setting and the macro no longer
bugs me when i tried to send out email, great.
So i run upstairs to do the same for the person who actually needs to
use that macro and guess what, it doesnt work there. I added the
registry entry with a value of 1, added that persons name in the
members field but it wont work.
Tried rebooting, tried on a third person, works only on my pc. I even
tried giving those other users owner rights to the public folder to no
avail.

To simplify the testing i checked show lvl1 attachments and sent out a
mail with a .bat file, so when they can open it i know it works, and
then i also know its not a problem with the macro.

I have googled usenet and found tons of similar topics describing the
same problem but none of them had a solution (none that i found so far
that is) so i decided to make yet another topic on it...

Does anyone know how to fix this "feature"? its been driving me crazy
all day...

Greetz,

Wim

Hey,

My problem isnt the error message when i try to save the form, i know
it actually saves the form.
It does work, but only on my pc, i cant get it to work on other users
pcs.
I added the registry key and added them to the users to who the form
should apply to but thats whats not working.

I did however find a workaround by using redemption.dll and slightly
modifieing my macro to bypass the outlook security...
Still, it would be nice to know how i can fix this for future
reference.

Greetz


I had a similar issue a few months ago. I called Microsoft Support and
after an hour of going over everything I had done again, they informed
me that it's a flaw in the software. The form is actually saved, and
did actually work. Who knew...LOL