How do I create a signature macro?

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When users create a new message I want to force them to choose which
signature to use from those available on their local machine. Does anyone
know how to do this?
 
Hi Daniel,

is the Auto-Sig no option for you?

If it´s not, there are several ways also depending on the reliability.
You could force the user to choose a sig, but after that the user could
delete it again. Does that matter?

- You could simply show a message box remind the user of choosing the
sig without any control.

- More complex and more reliable would be a check before the item is
sent. You could read all defined sigs from its files under C:\Documents
and Settings\[User]\ApplicationData\Microsoft\Signatures, check before
sending whether the item contains one of the sigs, and cancel with a
message box if it´s not.

Note: There are all sig files three times, one for each possible format.
 
To add to Michael's excellent comments, the range of approachs that are
possible with regard to signatures depend heavily on the version of Outlook
and the mail editor (regular or WordMail), neither of which you mentioned.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers



Michael Bauer said:
Hi Daniel,

is the Auto-Sig no option for you?

If it´s not, there are several ways also depending on the reliability.
You could force the user to choose a sig, but after that the user could
delete it again. Does that matter?

- You could simply show a message box remind the user of choosing the
sig without any control.

- More complex and more reliable would be a check before the item is
sent. You could read all defined sigs from its files under C:\Documents
and Settings\[User]\ApplicationData\Microsoft\Signatures, check before
sending whether the item contains one of the sigs, and cancel with a
message box if it´s not.

Note: There are all sig files three times, one for each possible format.

--
Viele Grüße
Michael Bauer


Daniel said:
When users create a new message I want to force them to choose which
signature to use from those available on their local machine. Does anyone
know how to do this?
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The version of Outlook I am using is 2003 and the mail editor is the regular
version. I am looking for a way to force the users to clink on a radio button
to choose their signature each time they create a new email. I want them to
be able to selct from those listed in their signatures file on their local PC.
Any ideas?


Sue Mosher said:
To add to Michael's excellent comments, the range of approachs that are
possible with regard to signatures depend heavily on the version of Outlook
and the mail editor (regular or WordMail), neither of which you mentioned.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers



Michael Bauer said:
Hi Daniel,

is the Auto-Sig no option for you?

If it´s not, there are several ways also depending on the reliability.
You could force the user to choose a sig, but after that the user could
delete it again. Does that matter?

- You could simply show a message box remind the user of choosing the
sig without any control.

- More complex and more reliable would be a check before the item is
sent. You could read all defined sigs from its files under C:\Documents
and Settings\[User]\ApplicationData\Microsoft\Signatures, check before
sending whether the item contains one of the sigs, and cancel with a
message box if it´s not.

Note: There are all sig files three times, one for each possible format.

--
Viele Grüße
Michael Bauer


Daniel said:
When users create a new message I want to force them to choose which
signature to use from those available on their local machine. Does anyone
know how to do this?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
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