HTML Complex Email

[Web Lady]

When I select the option to Send Complex HTML E 1.2.1, I get the
following error message:
"Microsoft Entourage SE got an error. Can't make some data into the
expected type."

Why can't I send Complex HTML email? I upgraded Entourage because the
box said it had the capability of sending Complex HTML email.

 

[Barry Wainwright]

When I select the option to Send Complex HTML E 1.2.1, I get the
following error message:
"Microsoft Entourage SE got an error. Can't make some data into the
expected type."

Why can't I send Complex HTML email? I upgraded Entourage because the
box said it had the capability of sending Complex HTML email.

I seem to recall that the SE version, like the test run version, has
applescript support disabled.

 

[Web Lady]

I seem to recall that the SE version, like the test run version, has
applescript support disabled.

Then why does your promo ad on your products page say it will send Complex HTML?

 

[Barry Wainwright]

Then why does your promo ad on your products page say it will send Complex
HTML?

First, it's not 'my programme', or 'my ad', or 'my product page' - MVPs are
not MS employees, we're all volunteers. See here for more info:

<http://www.mvps.org/about/>

Now, if you can point me at the URL of the page that you are talking about,
I will report it to the people that need to know if it contains inaccurate
information. I couldn't find any description of Entourage SE on the web
site.

 

[Paul Berkowitz]

First, it's not 'my programme', or 'my ad', or 'my product page' - MVPs are
not MS employees, we're all volunteers. See here for more info:

<http://www.mvps.org/about/>

Now, if you can point me at the URL of the page that you are talking about,
I will report it to the people that need to know if it contains inaccurate
information. I couldn't find any description of Entourage SE on the web
site.

In any case, there would be nothing on any Microsoft website that says
Entourage can send Complex HTML, because it can't. So maybe Web Lady was
referring to the description of the script at one of the script sites such
as

MacScripter.net <http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/>

The script description would say that it can send Complex HTML because it
can. But it's an applescript. Naturally it can't work on a version of
Entourage which has had scripting stripped out - only Entourage SE and the
Test Drive Entourage X had had scripting stripped out, undoubtedly to reduce
functionality for these cheap/free versions. There's nothing anyone can do
about that. The box in which Word + Entourage SE came clearly said that
AppleScript and VBA were not supported. You're fortunate in that you can
upgrade to Office v. X from SE for the same price as people who paid for the
full Office 2001. So when you're ready you can do that and get full
scripting in X.

--
Paul Berkowitz
MVP Entourage
Entourage FAQ Page: http://www.entourage.mvps.org/toc.html

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PLEASE always state which version of Entourage you are using - 2001 or X.
It's often impossible to answer your questions otherwise.

 

[Brett Kottmann]

When I select the option to Send Complex HTML E 1.2.1, I get the
following error message:
"Microsoft Entourage SE got an error. Can't make some data into the
expected type."

Why can't I send Complex HTML email? I upgraded Entourage because the
box said it had the capability of sending Complex HTML email.

Hard to say, but it appears Entourage is choking on your HTML source.

Can you post a sample of what you are trying to send? Also, try validating
the HTML first and see if you have some sort of problem with the source
code.

Brett