"Signed by" field not populated in OL2003

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Matt Fletcher

We're using a custom form to display signed+encrypted SMIME messages. This
form contains the standard "Signed by" field, which works fine in
Outlook2000 and Outlook2002 - it doesn't work in Outlook2003. Is this a
known bug? Is there a workaround short of embedding an Active-X control in
the form?

I don't know whether it's relevant, but we're using a registry value to
substitute our custom form for the default
form(HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Outlook\Custom
Forms\Read\IPM.Note.SMIME).

Thanks in advance
Matt Fletcher
 
Forms substitution is partially broken in 0L2003; ..neom. Hog messages don't
get the substitute form.
 
Sue,

thanks for the slightly cryptic answer! If what you are saying is that "Some
messages don't get the substitute form", then I think that we are
experiencing a different problem - our substitute form is always loaded,
it's just got an empty "signed by" field.

The problem does seem to be caused by form substitution (as I can
successfully drag the "signed by" field on to the standard IPM.Note(.SMIME)
form.

Is there any way to use a custom form for an SMIME message (signed and
encrypted) other than by using form substitution? I tried changing the
message class (using MAPI) when the message was received in the inbox, but
this caused other unwanted effects.

Matt
 
No, Outlook doesn't really have any direct support for custom signed
messages.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
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