Re: Removing digital signatures from custom forms

You can disable or execute any toolbar or menu command with CommandBars
techniques; see http://www.outlookcode.com/d/tips/commandbarfun.htm . Just
be aware that the change affects other open Inspector windows, not just the
window for your cusotm form.

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


"Gary" <Gary@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A66DDA2F-B3B9-48C3-9924-31F4FDADED67@microsoft.com...
>I have been doing some investigations into the use of digital signatures on
> custom forms and have run into a problem.
>
> We provide a number of Outlook custom forms. The problem is that our
> forms
> do not function correctly and cannot be interpreted correctly if the
> message
> contains a Digital Signature added by the user. I understand that Digital
> Signatures are not really supported in Custom Forms (which is fine), but
> unfortunately, this does not mean that users won't add one.
>
> Is there any way to programmatically stop a digital signature from being
> added to our custom forms (regardless of the users Outlook options)
> without
> affecting any other forms installed by the user from other sources?
>
> Might it be possible to programmatically uncheck the 'Digitally Sign
> Message' button on the Outlook toolbar when the Send button is pressed?
> Would this work in all instances?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Gary.

Yes, that's exactly what would happen.

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


"Gary" <Gary@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E5511FF8-B4D1-4C86-9BAD-EA629C8E1D4F@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the response Sue.
>
> So are you saying that if the user has two forms open (one to compose our
> custom form, and one to compose a normal email), by employing this method
> we
> would turn off digital signatures for both forms? If so, this is not
> really
> acceptable to us, as we are reluctant to impact upon non-Zetafax
> functionality within Outlook. Any other ideas?

>
> "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>
>> You can disable or execute any toolbar or menu command with CommandBars
>> techniques; see http://www.outlookcode.com/d/tips/commandbarfun.htm .
>> Just
>> be aware that the change affects other open Inspector windows, not just
>> the
>> window for your cusotm form.

>>
>> "Gary" <Gary@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:A66DDA2F-B3B9-48C3-9924-31F4FDADED67@microsoft.com...
>> >I have been doing some investigations into the use of digital signatures
>> >on
>> > custom forms and have run into a problem.
>> >
>> > We provide a number of Outlook custom forms. The problem is that our
>> > forms
>> > do not function correctly and cannot be interpreted correctly if the
>> > message
>> > contains a Digital Signature added by the user. I understand that
>> > Digital
>> > Signatures are not really supported in Custom Forms (which is fine),
>> > but
>> > unfortunately, this does not mean that users won't add one.
>> >
>> > Is there any way to programmatically stop a digital signature from
>> > being
>> > added to our custom forms (regardless of the users Outlook options)
>> > without
>> > affecting any other forms installed by the user from other sources?
>> >
>> > Might it be possible to programmatically uncheck the 'Digitally Sign
>> > Message' button on the Outlook toolbar when the Send button is pressed?
>> > Would this work in all instances?