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using a form field in an email letter
Hi, I have a drop-down form field in a document that is sent as an email
message. On screen and in print preview, the drop-down form field is visible. However, if I then click the email button (send as text) and sent this document, the recipient does not see the drop-down box and contents. Why not... more importantly what's the solution so that I can complete this document using form fields that are visible to email recipients? Any ideas or suggestions appreciated :-) -- Thanks Jonathan |
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Jonathan Parminter was telling us:
Jonathan Parminter nous racontait que : Hi, I have a drop-down form field in a document that is sent as an email message. On screen and in print preview, the drop-down form field is visible. However, if I then click the email button (send as text) and sent this document, the recipient does not see the drop-down box and contents. Why not... more importantly what's the solution so that I can complete this document using form fields that are visible to email recipients? I believe that the email button is a shortcut for File Send to Email recipient. If you are dealing with formfields and locked forms, it would be better not to use the shortcut and use File Send to Email recipient (as Attachment) instead.. -- Salut! _______________________________________ Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP ISTOO Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org |
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"Jean-Guy Marcil" wrote:
Jonathan Parminter was telling us: Jonathan Parminter nous racontait que : Hi, I have a drop-down form field in a document that is sent as an email message. On screen and in print preview, the drop-down form field is visible. However, if I then click the email button (send as text) and sent this document, the recipient does not see the drop-down box and contents. Why not... more importantly what's the solution so that I can complete this document using form fields that are visible to email recipients? I believe that the email button is a shortcut for File Send to Email recipient. If you are dealing with formfields and locked forms, it would be better not to use the shortcut and use File Send to Email recipient (as Attachment) instead.. -- Salut! _______________________________________ Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP ISTOO Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org Thank you Jean-Guy, your response suggests that form fields cannot be interpretated by the emailer (outlook/exchange). The message is so short that it seems a lot of effort for the recipient to have to open an attachment to view it. Thanks Jonathan |
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Jonathan Parminter was telling us:
Jonathan Parminter nous racontait que : Thank you Jean-Guy, your response suggests that form fields cannot be interpretated by the emailer (outlook/exchange). The message is so short that it seems a lot of effort for the recipient to have to open an attachment to view it. Word formfields are not designed to be interpreted by an HTML parser. Then you have to use HTML/Web Controls and assume that your recipient has set his email manager to read HTML messages. Use the Web Tools toolbar. Insert the controls you want, make sure to include an HTMLName to each of the controls that will represent actual data. Include a submit button with the following properties: Action: mailto:email address you want to receive the form. Encoding: text/plain Method: post. (This Submit button does not need an HTML name, unless you want to see it in the form data.) You will get back a message containing only the names of each control (Hence the HTMLName importance) and their values. You will probably have to open the message with Notepad.... Unless you have a server that will automatically receive the data, but this is not something I can help you with... I think that you need more than an email address in the action properties form something like this to work. If this is something you really want tot do, with a bit of Googling, I am sure you would find how to do this in a short time. -- Salut! _______________________________________ Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP ISTOO Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org |
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Thanks Jean-Guy
Jonathan "Jean-Guy Marcil" wrote: Jonathan Parminter was telling us: Jonathan Parminter nous racontait que : Thank you Jean-Guy, your response suggests that form fields cannot be interpretated by the emailer (outlook/exchange). The message is so short that it seems a lot of effort for the recipient to have to open an attachment to view it. Word formfields are not designed to be interpreted by an HTML parser. Then you have to use HTML/Web Controls and assume that your recipient has set his email manager to read HTML messages. Use the Web Tools toolbar. Insert the controls you want, make sure to include an HTMLName to each of the controls that will represent actual data. Include a submit button with the following properties: Action: mailto:email address you want to receive the form. Encoding: text/plain Method: post. (This Submit button does not need an HTML name, unless you want to see it in the form data.) You will get back a message containing only the names of each control (Hence the HTMLName importance) and their values. You will probably have to open the message with Notepad.... Unless you have a server that will automatically receive the data, but this is not something I can help you with... I think that you need more than an email address in the action properties form something like this to work. If this is something you really want tot do, with a bit of Googling, I am sure you would find how to do this in a short time. -- Salut! _______________________________________ Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP ISTOO Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org |
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