Editing Source Code in Outlook like in Outlook Express?

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In Express I've authored an email for my company to email to our customers. I can edit the source code directly. Can I open an Express email in Outlook and put my code into it? I haven't found the way to view and edit source like in Express.

Can anyone tell me what I'm overlooking?

Thanks,
Gary
 
Can I open an Express email in Outlook and put my code into it? I
haven't found the way to view and edit source like in Express.

Can anyone tell me what I'm overlooking?
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You open an Outlook message for viewing and editing source by opening
the message, clicking Tools -> Forms -> Design this
form. The code editor is the button with a balloon on it. If you do
not recognize it, hover the cursor over all the buttons. It is on the
right hand side of the design tool bar.

Hollis D. Paul [MVP - Outlook]
(e-mail address removed)
Using Virtual Access 4.52 build 277 (32-bit), Windows 2000 build 2600
http://search.support.microsoft.com/kb/c.asp?FR=0&SD=TECH&LN=EN-US

Mukilteo, WA USA
 
I'm having problems editing.

Before, I would build an email page in Macromedia
Dreamweaver then copy the HTML and paste it into Express then inserted the
images that I needed. That works, but my boss wants it in Outlook!

I'm not familiar with Outlook. Thanks to you, I've found the editor in
Outlook but I need to know how to preview my results!

Thanks for your response!
Gary

Hollis D. Paul said:
Can I open an Express email in Outlook and put my code into it? I
haven't found the way to view and edit source like in Express.

Can anyone tell me what I'm overlooking?
Click to expand...
You open an Outlook message for viewing and editing source by opening
the message, clicking Tools -> Forms -> Design this
form. The code editor is the button with a balloon on it. If you do
not recognize it, hover the cursor over all the buttons. It is on the
right hand side of the design tool bar.

Hollis D. Paul [MVP - Outlook]
(e-mail address removed)
Using Virtual Access 4.52 build 277 (32-bit), Windows 2000 build 2600
http://search.support.microsoft.com/kb/c.asp?FR=0&SD=TECH&LN=EN-US

Mukilteo, WA USA
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I'm not familiar with Outlook. Thanks to you, I've found the editor in
Outlook but I need to know how to preview my results!
Click to expand...
From the form, still in design mode, click Form -> Run this form. Maybe
it is the Action Menu that has this choice. You have to do a Save to be
sure you get all the added features.

Hollis D. Paul [MVP - Outlook]
(e-mail address removed)
Using Virtual Access 4.52 build 277 (32-bit), Windows 2000 build 2600
http://search.support.microsoft.com/kb/c.asp?FR=0&SD=TECH&LN=EN-US

Mukilteo, WA USA
 
All that I want to do is take an HTML document that I've authored in
Dreamweaver, copy and paste the code into Outlook.

I've done this in Outlook Express for countless emails.

I know Outlook and Outlook Express are different programs but there must be
is a way to do that. I been all over the MS site looking for any reference
of that but, no go. How wouldd be the best way to search for that?



Hollis D. Paul said:
I'm not familiar with Outlook. Thanks to you, I've found the editor in
Outlook but I need to know how to preview my results!
Click to expand...
From the form, still in design mode, click Form -> Run this form. Maybe
it is the Action Menu that has this choice. You have to do a Save to be
sure you get all the added features.

Hollis D. Paul [MVP - Outlook]
(e-mail address removed)
Using Virtual Access 4.52 build 277 (32-bit), Windows 2000 build 2600
http://search.support.microsoft.com/kb/c.asp?FR=0&SD=TECH&LN=EN-US

Mukilteo, WA USA
Click to expand...
 
All that I want to do is take an HTML document that I've authored in
Dreamweaver, copy and paste the code into Outlook.
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If that is all you want to do with it, is have it sit in an Outlook
item as a receptacle, then you can just paste it directly into an
Outlook Item that is set to use the HTML editor. If you actually want
to code to be executed, then you have to enter it as subroutines and
functions in the Outlook Code Editor, using vbscript, and into the
events that are available to an Outlook item object.

There is no magic wand you can wave to get an Outlook item/form to
import Dreamweaver code and have it run like it does in Dreamweaver.

If you are saying that your are programming in vbscript, and just using
Dreamweaver as an editor, and it is already written with the proper
subroutines and functions, then yes, you can just paste that code into
the Outlook Code editor, publish the item as a form, and run it like
any other Outlook item.

Hollis D. Paul [MVP - Outlook]
(e-mail address removed)
Using Virtual Access 4.52 build 277 (32-bit), Windows 2000 build 2600
http://search.support.microsoft.com/kb/c.asp?FR=0&SD=TECH&LN=EN-US

Mukilteo, WA USA
 
Outlook provides no way to edit HTML message source directly. See
http://www.slipstick.com/mail1/html.htm for alternative techniques.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers



In Express I've authored an email for my company to email to our customers.
I can edit the source code directly. Can I open an Express email in Outlook
and put my code into it? I haven't found the way to view and edit source
like in Express.

Can anyone tell me what I'm overlooking?

Thanks,
Gary
 
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