macros disabled

[dh]

I have a system with a Custom Outlook form, Windows XP SP-1 and Office 2002.
I can open the form within Outlook and the macros I have created work fine.
When I save a copy of the form (Service.oft) to my hard drive, the macro are
disabled. I have check the security level in Outlook (low).
I don't get the macro security warning (disable or enable)
What can I do to restore the functionality of the marcros?
Thanks
DH

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Code doesn't run on one-off forms like an .oft file. You must publish the
form. See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/secforms.htm#oneoff

 

[dh]

So what your saying is then whenever I place a copy of the form outside of
Outlook, I can never overcome the problem of the form being one-offed?(in
these later versions of Office) The reason I ask this is because when our
people save copies of these forms that are now filled in with information,
they like to save them on their harddrive as an archive copy. (The macro
allow them to print info on the custom form!) Although the original form in
an unfilled state is publish into their personal folder in Outlook, and this
seems to be a prevailing habit, we are killing the VB script. The forms
are saved with the Send form definition with item uncheck, by the way.
Am I missing anything else?
Thanks!
DH

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Why aren't they saving as .msg files? .oft is useful just for making backups
of form designs.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[dh]

Will my macros still function?
DH

Why aren't they saving as .msg files? .oft is useful just for making backups
of form designs.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

When you save an item as a .msg file, it retains its connection to the
published MessageClass assuming, of course, that the form is published in
the Personal Forms or Organizational Forms library so that Outlook can find
the form definition. Therefore, the item behaves just as if it were saved in
an Outlook folder.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[dh]

That was the ticket!
The macro will work now!
Thanks for the great advice!
DH