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February 7th 07, 04:01 PM
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Sending a custom form ( .oft file) to others
Hello,
I have created a custom form that I would like others to use. I've published the form to my Personal Form Library and also saved it as a .oft file. The check box "Send form definition with item" *is* checked. Is it possible to simply send the .oft file as an e-mail attachment and have my recipients simply double-click to open the file and use (without first having to save the file off to their personal forms library)? Besides the "send form definition with item" check box, are there any other things I need insure in order for this approach to work? -- Thank you! Susan 
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February 7th 07, 05:07 PM
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Sending a custom form ( .oft file) to others
No, that's not going to work in Outlook 2003 SP2 or later. 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. And you should never, ever check the "send form definition with item" box. -- 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 "Susan" wrote in message ... Hello, I have created a custom form that I would like others to use. I've published the form to my Personal Form Library and also saved it as a ..oft file. The check box "Send form definition with item" *is* checked. Is it possible to simply send the .oft file as an e-mail attachment and have my recipients simply double-click to open the file and use (without first having to save the file off to their personal forms library)? Besides the "send form definition with item" check box, are there any other things I need insure in order for this approach to work? -- Thank you! Susan
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