Problem when others open the .oft file

External Since: Aug 15, 2008 Posts: 1

I've made a custom designed form in outlook and saved it as an .oft file.
When others try to open the form they don't get any of the fields, only what
looks like a normal message with my signature and the other person signature
in the body. I'm using rtf as my editor and so are the others and when i
open the form i see it as i should. Any suggestions?

External Since: Jun 18, 2004 Posts: 613

Double-clicking won't work with most .oft form templates files. Instead users
need to open 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 in more
detail, suggests best practices, and provides registry keys that can return
Outlook 2003 to the older, less secure behavior.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"Bob Decker" wrote:

> I've made a custom designed form in outlook and saved it as an .oft file.
> When others try to open the form they don't get any of the fields, only what
> looks like a normal message with my signature and the other person signature
> in the body. I'm using rtf as my editor and so are the others and when i
> open the form i see it as i should. Any suggestions?