CreateItemFromTemplate on an Intranet?

[JGM]

Hi there,

Normally you can use this code to create a mail item from a template:
Set MyItem = Application.CreateItemFromTemplate _
("C:\My Files\Outlook\Test_Email.oft")

My question is this:
Can we use the same method to create a mail item from an OFT file on an
Intranet as in the following example:

Set MyItem = Application.CreateItemFromTemplate _
("http://Big_Company/Templates/Outlook/Users/Test_Email.oft")

If not, how do you create a mail item from an OFT file on an Intranet?

Thanks for taking the time.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

The client's objections really don't make any sense at all, I'm afraid. What's to stop a user from deleting the prescribed signature and substituting their own? What's the difference in traffic between a signature added at the client and one added at the server (which the user cannot override)?

Are the users bilingual and expected to respond in French or English, depending on the incoming message? That would complicate things regardless of the technique used, server or client, even with your .oft file, which wouldn't do a thing for signatures in replies.

There are several techniques that would work better than an .oft file:

* Create custom HTML stationery for each user and make that the default stationery for new messages

* Why not use the signature functionality built into Outlook? Details vary with the version of Outlook (which you didn't mention), but files in the Signatures folder, entries in the registry, and AutoText in Word handle signatures natively. Not completely documented but easy enough to discover with a few minutes of poking around.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[JGM]

Thanks Sue,

I agree 100% with regarding the client's objections... but the client is
always right...!

Thanks for taking the time, I now have many options to explore.
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Jean-Guy Marcil
(e-mail address removed)

"Sue Mosher [MVP]" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de
The client's objections really don't make any sense at all, I'm afraid.
What's to stop a user from deleting the prescribed signature and
substituting their own? What's the difference in traffic between a signature
added at the client and one added at the server (which the user cannot
override)?

Are the users bilingual and expected to respond in French or English,
depending on the incoming message? That would complicate things regardless
of the technique used, server or client, even with your .oft file, which
wouldn't do a thing for signatures in replies.

There are several techniques that would work better than an .oft file:

* Create custom HTML stationery for each user and make that the default
stationery for new messages

* Why not use the signature functionality built into Outlook? Details vary
with the version of Outlook (which you didn't mention), but files in the
Signatures folder, entries in the registry, and AutoText in Word handle
signatures natively. Not completely documented but easy enough to discover
with a few minutes of poking around.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers