include gif file in reply

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Randy Hall

How do I make Windows Mail include a .gif file when I reply and do an
Insert/Text from File,
and the file is an html file that includes a sound file and a .gif file? The
sound works, but WM does not include the .gif file. The source shows SRC=""
and no .gif file name..
Thanks
 
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Randy Hall

Thanks "VistaRookie", but that's what I'm trying to avoid... 2 inserts...
Outlook Express does it properly with 1 insert.
My code is....

<HTML>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<img src="file://C:/Users/Randy/Documents/Laughing Gopher\Gopher.gif"
alt="Gopher" /><br>
<bgsound balance="10" src="file://C:/Users/Randy/Documents/Laughing
Gopher\Laughter.wav" volume="-110" loop="10" />
<HR>
</BODY></HTML>

This works in IE and in OE.
Inserting it with Windows Mail gives...

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type>
<META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18852">
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT size=2><IMG alt=Gopher src=""><BR><BGSOUND balance=10 volume=-110
loop=10 src="file://C:/Users/Randy/Documents/Laughing Gopher\Laughter.wav">
<HR>
</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

This line....
<DIV><FONT size=2><IMG alt=Gopher src=""><BR><BGSOUND balance=10 volume=-110
Should be....
<DIV><FONT size=2><IMG alt=Gopher
src="file://C:/Users/Randy/Documents/Laughing
Gopher\Gopher.gif"><BR><BGSOUND balance=10 volume=-110

WM does not want to include the Gopher.gif file.
Why not? Is there an option I can turn on?
If I add "file://C:/Users/Randy/Documents/Laughing Gopher\Gopher.gif" to
src=, it works fine.
Thanks....
 
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Randy Hall

Thanks VistaRookie...
I tried sending the .HTM, .GIF and .WAV in a .zip file in case you wanted
it, but 197K was too large?
I'll try sending it to you directly....

It still doesn't want to work in my WM unless I change Format/Encoding to
something that is not the default, and it doesn't matter what the default
is.
If I permanently change the default, it won't work unless I Format/Encoding
and change it before I do the Insert/Text from File ....
Looks like I am stuck doing 2 inserts.
I suppose I could try installing OE on my Vista system....!
 
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Randy Hall

VistaRookie, I found it!
In Tools/Options/Security, under Download Images,
Block images and other external content in HTML e-mail was checked.
I had assumed that was for incoming email, but it isn't.
When I turned it off, my html code works properly.
Thanks for all your help and patience.

I'll post to the group in case anybody else has the same problem.
 

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