DTHML Editor not found. What?

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Bill Bowers

I have Outlook 2002.

While trying to setup an Outlook stationary addin called HIGH IMPACT EMAIL,
I received the error message:

DHTML editor not found. Setup will close.

What's the deal?

Thanks in advance for your time.
 
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George Hester

The DHTML editor is actually an ActiveX control. It has been phased out or messed with over the years due to a security issue. See if you have dhtmled.ocx on your system. If you do try to register it:

regsvr32 dhtmled.ocx assuming you have regsvr32.exe and it is in your path and you are in the folder where dhtmled.ocx is using the command prompt.
 
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Bill Bowers

I have at least two copies of that file on my HDD.

One copy is in: C:WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386
The second is in: C:program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Triedit

I don't know what you mean when you say to "register it."

As it turns out, HIGH IMPACT EMAIL is NOT compatible with Outlook 2002, but
is compatible with Outlook 2003. I want Office 2003 anyway, so I'm going to
go purchase it this morning.

Thanks for you help.

George Hester said:
The DHTML editor is actually an ActiveX control. It has been phased out or messed with over the years due to a security issue. See if you have dhtmled.ocx on your system. If you do try to register it:

regsvr32 dhtmled.ocx assuming you have regsvr32.exe and it is in your path and you are in the folder where dhtmled.ocx is using the command prompt.
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George Hester

OK. Register it means you do in the command pompt:

regsvr32 dhtmled.cox

That registers controls (ocx files).

But in this case not necssary.

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George Hester
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Bill Bowers said:
I have at least two copies of that file on my HDD.

One copy is in: C:WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386
The second is in: C:program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Triedit

I don't know what you mean when you say to "register it."

As it turns out, HIGH IMPACT EMAIL is NOT compatible with Outlook 2002, but
is compatible with Outlook 2003. I want Office 2003 anyway, so I'm going to
go purchase it this morning.

Thanks for you help.
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Bill Bowers

Tech Support for HIGH IMPACT EMAIL told me to install Windows update service
packs, including SP2, which put my computer in a "shutdown and restart" loop.
So, I did a System Restore, and now I'm back where I started: I still get
the error message regarding the DHTML Editor.

I have not, yet, "registered" the file you told me about because I don't
understand how to do it.

Thanks for your help.
 
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George Hester

Bill you said the application you had would not work in your environment. So registering the ocx may not
do anything. But let me try to explain how to register a ocx file again.

In your operating system you have what is called a path. That is an enviornment variable. I don't know the
Op sys you are using but I am going to assume it is Windows XP. So do this:

Start | Run | cmd | OK

Now you are in what is called the command prompt window. Type cd\ and then hit ENTER and you are
now at C:> That is the root of your system. Type set then hit ENTER. You will see in the list that results
the word path=

Now when regsvr32.exe is in your path (the folder where it is shows as part of the path) you can type
regsvr32 anywhere in the system (any folder) and your system will find the executable regsvr32.exe and you
can use it. But the first thing you need to do to register dhtmled.ocx with regsvr32 is get to where
dhtmled.ocx is.

So type cd C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Triedit and then hit ENTER. Now you are in
the location where dhtmled.ocx is. Now we are going to register the ocx. We do this:

regsvr32 dhtmled.ocx and then hit ENTER

You will ger a message box saying everything went OK and you will click OK and now the ocx is registered.

What I have told you is not specific to dhtmled.ocx. You have lots of ocx files and you would register them in the same fashion. Some dll and all ocx files can be registered in this way. But if the dll or ocx file is in your path you can do the whole thing from Run. Try:

Start | Run | regsvr32 wshom.ocx | OK.

Finally try:

Start | Run | regsvr32 | OK and you will get a message box that explains (somewhat) the use of regsvr32.exe.
 
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Bill Bowers

George,

Thanks for your time.

I followed your instructions, and it went as you said it would.

Only thing is, afterwards, when I tried to install/setup HIGH IMPACT EMAIL
the same error message still pops up.

If I knew of another "Outlook email stationary" program I would try it; but
HIGH IMPACT EMAIL is the best (of the few) I have found.

I appreciate your time. You taught me something, though. Thanks again.
 
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George Hester

Bill let's try this. Right-click My Computer | Properties | Advanced | Environent Variables... or use your
Help to find how to set Environment variables and get to the point where we can do that.

First though go to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Triedit in Windows Explorer. Then
with that folder selected go up to the address bar in Windows Explorer | right-click | copy

Now in the System variables section from above we are going to double-click the entry for path. And then
put the cursor at the very end type ; and then Ctrl-v | Apply | OK.

Note this will only work in Windows 2000 and XP\2003. If you have a DOS based system like Windows
95\98\ME or NT4 you'll need to read up on how to set permanent Environment variables for those
systems. That requires a reboot in those Op sys.

Now try installing again. If the install still cannot find the DHTML editor then I don't know it just might be
the application you want to use is not compatible with your system.
 
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