Outlook 2003 - Custom HTML "Today Page"

[Bandosan]

Asking for a little assistance please ....

OL2003 on XP SP-2 - all updates.

I have created a custom HTML page to replace the standard "Today Page" in
OL2003. All has worked fine until I recently added the View for the Inbox
with the following code:

<td width="100%" height="251">
<object id="ViewCtlFolder" height="240" width="509"
classid="CLSID:0006F063-0000-0000-C000-000000000046">
<param name="Folder" value="Inbox">
<param name="Namespace" value="MAPI">
<param name="Restriction" value="">
<param name="DeferUpdate" value="0">
</object>
</td>

When Outlook first opens, the customized Today page shows up fine and in
full view.

BUT ... once you navigate to any other folder (ie, Inbox, Sent Items,
Calendar, etc...) and then try to return to the Today page, the entire page
wants to show up in a left hand frame. This frame (for the lack of an exact
Outlook definition) is like that in the vertical view with the reading pane
on the right ... the entire Today page shows up in the left-hand Frame.

If I remark out the above code, all works perfectly again. And, regardless
of where you navigate to, a return to the Today Page does just that.

*** What is causing the Today page (custom HTML page) to re-open (navigate
back to) in that left-hand frame? How to stop that behavior?

Any suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you!
Bandosan

p.s. Calendar View works fine with a similar code ... "Folder"
value="Calendar">

 

[Bandosan]

SOLVED!

Basically, the Today Page was opening with the reading pane turned on and
showing up in the left pane. I had tried to adjust the reading pane options
initially but all options were greyed out ... UNTIL ...

I had to close and reopen Outlook to gain access to the Reading Pane options
.... once reloaded, simply turned off the reading pane option.