Shortcuts with a custom form

[Guest]

I have an custom form saved to my desktop that I am using. When I go the
long way into tools, forms choose form, personal lib. I get a form, but if I
open the shortcut saved to my desktop I get all the header information, but a
blank email with no form fields. Can anyone help me with this?


Is there a better way to hotlink it within outlook, say if I click one, two
buttons the form opens?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Beginning with Outlook 2003 SP2, users can work with most .oft form templates files only by opening the template from the Tools | Forms | Choose Form dialog, browsing for User Templates in File System. This means that if the .oft file is sent as a message attachment, the user must save it to the local hard drive first.

The article at http://support.microsoft.com/?id=907985 explains this change in more detail, suggests best practices, and provides registry keys that can return Outlook 2003 to the older, less secure behavior.

The alternative is to write a macro using the Application.CreateItemFromTemplate method to launch your form.
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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers