Custom forms writen in 2000 and read in 2003

[Mark the Outlook Idiot]

Hello,
I have writen a custon contact form in Outlook 2000 and Page2 page3
ect.. will not show up in 2003.. Any Ideas....lMark

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Is this a published form or an .oft file? If the latter, have Outlook 2003 users open it with the Tools | Forms | Choose Form command.

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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

 

[Mark the Outlook Idiot]

Sue,
This file is a "Outlook item Template" when I e-mail it to someone
with Outlook 2003 they can open it as a attachment fron their e-mail to view
it, but it come up as the "standard contact template" and they cant see any
Custom changes. The outlook 2000 user can see all the changes what im I
doing that I shoudent be. I have a feeling that it is in the way I save it
becouse version 1 of this form work for 2003 users and later versions dont.
Amy Ideas....Mark

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Repeating: Have Outlook 2003 users open it with the Tools | Forms | Choose Form command. Note that this means they'll need to save it as a file first.
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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

 

[Mark the Outlook Idiot]

Sue,
That did not work but here how it dose
Here’s the steps I took:

Select File -> New -> Choose Form
Under “Look In†select “User Templates in File System†option
Click Browse
Locate Template you sent (I’ve been dropping them on my desktop)
Open template then displays your template.
Thanks....Mark

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Those are the right steps to run a saved .oft file. So, you're saying that the Outlook 2000 user can see all the form's pages, but the Outlook 2003 user can see only the built-in pages? And what you're sending is the .oft file as an attachment?

Does version 1 still work? (You did keep a backup copy as an .oft file, right?)
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

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

 

[Mark the Outlook Idiot]

Sue,
Yes you are correct 2003 users can't see any changes when they open it it
looks like the default contact form but if they follow the steps I listed
they they can see all the changes. 2000 users have no problems. and yes it
is a .oft. Mark

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Then everything is working as it should. Outlook 2003 SP2 users must use the Tools | Forms | Choose Form command.
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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