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Hello,

Outlook 2k

When I send an email message with a scrolling border and a sound file then
the scrolling border and sound file will play on my machine if I send a test
email to myself. When I send this same message to anyone the scrolling
border appears but the sound file will not play on any other recipient's
computers. They have HTML set in their email preferences.

What is going on?

Thank you in advance for responses. :-)
 
Good common sense, if you ask me. I personally find these types of mail
annoying and summarily delete them.

However, on to your problem. What message format are you using to create
the mail? Are you using Word or the native Outlook editor? Where is the
referenced file for the sound residing? Finally, have you confirmed that
your recipients are capable of receiving HTML mail or if they have
scripting, etc. turned off?


--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Completely Lost
asked:

| Hello,
|
| Outlook 2k
|
| When I send an email message with a scrolling border and a sound file
| then the scrolling border and sound file will play on my machine if I
| send a test email to myself. When I send this same message to anyone
| the scrolling border appears but the sound file will not play on any
| other recipient's computers. They have HTML set in their email
| preferences.
|
| What is going on?
|
| Thank you in advance for responses. :-)
|
|
| ---
| MY Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free! Is YOURS? HEH HEH!
| Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
| Version: 6.0.638 / Virus Database: 409 - Release Date: 03/21/2004
 
True enough that "active" emails are annoying sometimes but some people like
them and that is why I am trying to get them working.

I use native Outlook, not Word. I have tried to put the sound file, along
with the associated *.html and image file, in the following locations:

C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMMON FILES\MICROSOFT SHARED\STATIONERY

C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\( my username )\APPLICATION
DATA\MICROSOFT\STATIONERY

( Also, both of the above paths with D:\ substituted because that is the
actual location of the XP installation. The recipient's installation is on
C:\. )

No matter where I put them on my machine they work when I send a test email
to myself. No matter where I put them on my machine they DON'T work on the
recipients computer.

Yes, I have verified that their HTML settings in their Outlook installation
are correct.

However, you mentioned "scripting, etc. turned off." Where would that
setting be in Outlook?

Also, the scripting is obviously working because the scrolling border does
work on the recipient's computer. In addition, in reading the *.html file
for the associated scrolling border and sound file I see that the sound file
is called before scripting even starts. There is no mention of the sound
file in the script. Scripting is used only for the scrolling border. The
scrolling border works as advertised. The sound file does not. I am
assuming that the sound file, when it arrives at the destination, is not
being copied to the correct folder on the recipient's computer so I guess my
question really is, "How do I get it to copy to the correct destination
folder on the recipient's end? Also, what should the correct destination
folder be?"

Milly Staples said:
Good common sense, if you ask me. I personally find these types of mail
annoying and summarily delete them.

However, on to your problem. What message format are you using to create
the mail? Are you using Word or the native Outlook editor? Where is the
referenced file for the sound residing? Finally, have you confirmed that
your recipients are capable of receiving HTML mail or if they have
scripting, etc. turned off?


--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Completely Lost
asked:

| Hello,
|
| Outlook 2k
|
| When I send an email message with a scrolling border and a sound file
| then the scrolling border and sound file will play on my machine if I
| send a test email to myself. When I send this same message to anyone
| the scrolling border appears but the sound file will not play on any
| other recipient's computers. They have HTML set in their email
| preferences.
|
| What is going on?
|
| Thank you in advance for responses. :-)
|
|
| ---
| MY Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free! Is YOURS? HEH HEH!
| Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
| Version: 6.0.638 / Virus Database: 409 - Release Date: 03/21/2004
 
Does it work if you use Word 2002 as you message format and embed the sound
using the Web Tools toolbar?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Completely Lost
asked:

| True enough that "active" emails are annoying sometimes but some
| people like them and that is why I am trying to get them working.
|
| I use native Outlook, not Word. I have tried to put the sound file,
| along with the associated *.html and image file, in the following
| locations:
|
| C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMMON FILES\MICROSOFT SHARED\STATIONERY
|
| C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\( my username )\APPLICATION
| DATA\MICROSOFT\STATIONERY
|
| ( Also, both of the above paths with D:\ substituted because that is
| the actual location of the XP installation. The recipient's
| installation is on C:\. )
|
| No matter where I put them on my machine they work when I send a test
| email to myself. No matter where I put them on my machine they DON'T
| work on the recipients computer.
|
| Yes, I have verified that their HTML settings in their Outlook
| installation are correct.
|
| However, you mentioned "scripting, etc. turned off." Where would that
| setting be in Outlook?
|
| Also, the scripting is obviously working because the scrolling border
| does work on the recipient's computer. In addition, in reading the
| *.html file for the associated scrolling border and sound file I see
| that the sound file is called before scripting even starts. There is
| no mention of the sound file in the script. Scripting is used only
| for the scrolling border. The scrolling border works as advertised.
| The sound file does not. I am assuming that the sound file, when it
| arrives at the destination, is not being copied to the correct folder
| on the recipient's computer so I guess my question really is, "How do
| I get it to copy to the correct destination folder on the recipient's
| end? Also, what should the correct destination folder be?"
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
| || Good common sense, if you ask me. I personally find these types of
|| mail annoying and summarily delete them.
||
|| However, on to your problem. What message format are you using to
|| create
|
|| the mail? Are you using Word or the native Outlook editor? Where is
|| the referenced file for the sound residing? Finally, have you
|| confirmed that your recipients are capable of receiving HTML mail or
|| if they have scripting, etc. turned off?
||
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
|| the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my
|| personal account will be deleted without reading.
||
|| After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Completely
|| Lost asked:
||
||| Hello,
|||
||| Outlook 2k
|||
||| When I send an email message with a scrolling border and a sound
||| file then the scrolling border and sound file will play on my
||| machine if I send a test email to myself. When I send this same
||| message to anyone the scrolling border appears but the sound file
||| will not play on any other recipient's computers. They have HTML
||| set in their email preferences.
|||
||| What is going on?
|||
||| Thank you in advance for responses. :-)
|||
|||
||| ---
||| MY Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free! Is YOURS? HEH HEH!
||| Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
||| Version: 6.0.638 / Virus Database: 409 - Release Date: 03/21/2004
||
||
|
|
| ---
| MY Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free! Is YOURS? HEH HEH!
| Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
| Version: 6.0.638 / Virus Database: 409 - Release Date: 03/21/2004
 
I don't have Word2002. I have Word2k. I thought that that would be
understood since I said in my original message that I was using Oulook2k.

I know you mean well and thanks for your help but it is quite obvious to me
that I am way ahead of you as far as html and scripting are concerned.

I asked you two questions in my previous post and instead of trying to
answer those two questions you asked me about a program that I don't even
have and had you read my messages properly you would have known that.

How in the world you ever got to be MS-MVP is beyond me.

Milly Staples said:
Does it work if you use Word 2002 as you message format and embed the sound
using the Web Tools toolbar?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Completely Lost
asked:

| True enough that "active" emails are annoying sometimes but some
| people like them and that is why I am trying to get them working.
|
| I use native Outlook, not Word. I have tried to put the sound file,
| along with the associated *.html and image file, in the following
| locations:
|
| C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMMON FILES\MICROSOFT SHARED\STATIONERY
|
| C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\( my username )\APPLICATION
| DATA\MICROSOFT\STATIONERY
|
| ( Also, both of the above paths with D:\ substituted because that is
| the actual location of the XP installation. The recipient's
| installation is on C:\. )
|
| No matter where I put them on my machine they work when I send a test
| email to myself. No matter where I put them on my machine they DON'T
| work on the recipients computer.
|
| Yes, I have verified that their HTML settings in their Outlook
| installation are correct.
|
| However, you mentioned "scripting, etc. turned off." Where would that
| setting be in Outlook?
|
| Also, the scripting is obviously working because the scrolling border
| does work on the recipient's computer. In addition, in reading the
| *.html file for the associated scrolling border and sound file I see
| that the sound file is called before scripting even starts. There is
| no mention of the sound file in the script. Scripting is used only
| for the scrolling border. The scrolling border works as advertised.
| The sound file does not. I am assuming that the sound file, when it
| arrives at the destination, is not being copied to the correct folder
| on the recipient's computer so I guess my question really is, "How do
| I get it to copy to the correct destination folder on the recipient's
| end? Also, what should the correct destination folder be?"
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
| || Good common sense, if you ask me. I personally find these types of
|| mail annoying and summarily delete them.
||
|| However, on to your problem. What message format are you using to
|| create
|
|| the mail? Are you using Word or the native Outlook editor? Where is
|| the referenced file for the sound residing? Finally, have you
|| confirmed that your recipients are capable of receiving HTML mail or
|| if they have scripting, etc. turned off?
||
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
|| the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my
|| personal account will be deleted without reading.
||
|| After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Completely
|| Lost asked:
||
||| Hello,
|||
||| Outlook 2k
|||
||| When I send an email message with a scrolling border and a sound
||| file then the scrolling border and sound file will play on my
||| machine if I send a test email to myself. When I send this same
||| message to anyone the scrolling border appears but the sound file
||| will not play on any other recipient's computers. They have HTML
||| set in their email preferences.
|||
||| What is going on?
|||
||| Thank you in advance for responses. :-)
|||
|||
||| ---
||| MY Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free! Is YOURS? HEH HEH!
||| Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
||| Version: 6.0.638 / Virus Database: 409 - Release Date: 03/21/2004
||
||
|
|
| ---
| MY Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free! Is YOURS? HEH HEH!
| Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
| Version: 6.0.638 / Virus Database: 409 - Release Date: 03/21/2004
 
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