inserting an object

[Walterramjet]

the link
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/project/HP453047241033.aspx?pid=CH010427941033
shows how to insert an object in the body of an email. Such acceptable
objects are media types with avi extensions. I have tried unsuccessfully to
do this. I have sent it to several different email addresses and all that
shows up is a picture of a box. The video itself, does NOT send and is not
even in my sent folder. what ever am I doing wrong?
thank-you,
Walter

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

The link you sent applies to Microsoft Project, not Outlook.

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After furious head scratching, Walterramjet asked:

| the link
| http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/project/HP453047241033.aspx?pid=CH010427941033
| shows how to insert an object in the body of an email. Such
| acceptable objects are media types with avi extensions. I have tried
| unsuccessfully to do this. I have sent it to several different email
| addresses and all that shows up is a picture of a box. The video
| itself, does NOT send and is not even in my sent folder. what ever
| am I doing wrong?
| thank-you,
| Walter

 

[Walterramjet]

Hi Milly,

Okay, sorry about that. I dont know how I ended up on that website.
However, Outlook 2007 offers the same function by nearly the same means.
From the file menu I select "Insert" and then "object" and I can pick from
many different types of objects or from a browsed file of my choosing.
Anyway, I had chosen a media clip and the default was to browse for file with
an AVI extension. I select the file and suposedly, the object is inserted.
I can then see a box in the body of my email. However, when the email is
sent, nothing but an empty box arrives.

Walt

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

IIRC the ability to imbed movie and sound files into Outlook was disabled with Windows XP SP-2. They are a potential vector for infection and thus can no longer be embedded.

You can always attach a sound/movie file but if your intention is to have it play when the message is opened, that ability has been removed.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.

After furious head scratching, Walterramjet asked:

| Hi Milly,
|
| Okay, sorry about that. I dont know how I ended up on that website.
| However, Outlook 2007 offers the same function by nearly the same
| means. From the file menu I select "Insert" and then "object" and I
| can pick from many different types of objects or from a browsed file
| of my choosing. Anyway, I had chosen a media clip and the default was
| to browse for file with an AVI extension. I select the file and
| suposedly, the object is inserted. I can then see a box in the body
| of my email. However, when the email is sent, nothing but an empty
| box arrives.
|
| Walt
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| The link you sent applies to Microsoft Project, not Outlook.
||
|| --Â
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
|| reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, Walterramjet asked:
||
||| the link
||| http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/project/HP453047241033.aspx?pid=CH010427941033
||| shows how to insert an object in the body of an email. Such
||| acceptable objects are media types with avi extensions. I have
||| tried unsuccessfully to do this. I have sent it to several
||| different email addresses and all that shows up is a picture of a
||| box. The video itself, does NOT send and is not even in my sent
||| folder. what ever am I doing wrong?
||| thank-you,
||| Walter