Questions tagged [oft]

Questions related to the structure and usage of the Outlook Template (OFT) file format.

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Is there a iCal or meeting invite like generator?

I have a team that rotates support but needs to send out calendar invites with a non changing group of users it needs to be sent to and CC'ed to. Everything I find online is for personal appointments and not calendar events. I have a template for…
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Create .MSG or .OFT Outlook Files From HTML (via JavaScript)

The Need: Essentially I have a tool that creates HTML Emails. A feature I would like to add for this tool is to create .MSG or .OFT files for use specifically in Outlook so the client doesn't have to load the HTML into outlook and create their own…
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Programmatically working with Outlook's OFT format (on linux)

We have a project that has numerous Outlook OFT files. Users download these files and use them to send prewritten emails in Outlook. I have been looking for a way to convert these files into plain text. Ideally, this conversion functionality would…
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How to skip MIME type check for .OFT file extensions on MediaWiki

On my private wiki, I have enabled the uploading of Microsoft Outlook 2016 Email Templates (.oft) using $wgFileExtensions. But when uploading an oft file, I'm faced with the error File extension ".oft" does not match the detected MIME type of the…
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interop exception when trying to read the contents of an office outlook template

I am trying to read an office template (.oft file) with embedded images in the body of the email. I tried using the MsgReader nuget package which reads the contents, but cant manage the images in the body. I have also tried using…
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Creating a .oft outlook file in windows 10 that will send and open correctly on mac standard email

I am creating an outlook email .oft file built with tables on a windows 10 pc using MS Outlook 2016. I want to be able to send this template as an email over to an apple mac user who can open it on their standard email package. I have tried and…
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how to create e-mail template for outlook 2010 with a text over an image

I'm trying to create .oft template for outlook 2010 with a text over an image - text should be customisable by the end users... If I create new e-mail from a html file and save it as template, input is not editable (using just a normal styled…
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Prefilling "Outlook form " programatically on server before user downloads it

I do have an existing Outlook Form, which already has predefined logic, named fields and comboboxes. This form is the standard input for a different apartment, so I am not allowed to change the form in a way that would break their processing. What I…
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How to add attachments to .oft file with Aspose

I want to create a .oft file with C# . The oft file needs to have a html body and attachments. I found that i should be able to do this using Aspose. However when i run my code the attachments never get added. ( They are added to the…
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Editing OFT with VBA code

I'm trying to edit an OFT with vba code Private Sub CommandButton1_Click() template = "T:\Coordination des interventions\Coordination des changements\Communications\Interruption de service planifiée - Environnements…
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Using Excel VBA to create email in Outlook 2010 from template

I have code that worked well in Excel/Outlook 2003 on XP, I'm now running Windows 7 Excel/Outlook 2010 and receive an error: Run-time error '287': Application-defined or object-defined error. My code is based on this answer in: Send an email from…
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PHP Export html to Outlook oft

We use an in house software to generate html templates for our clients. We spend to much time teaching our clients how to save the templates. We are trying to track down a way to export the html into a .oft template. It is easy enough to create…
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Run macro when a template is opened

I have a macro in an outlook template (oft). It changes certain text in the subject and the body of the mail. I would like to know if it is possible to make this macro execute automatically when I open the template. Thank you in advance, Santi
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Open Outlook OFT template and populate recipient address

Working in a Windows Forms application and VB.NET. I need to pop open an Office "New Message" window, populate the "To" address, and place an OFT template in the body of the message. I do not need to modify anything in the template. To open the new…
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Issues modifying file attachment streams with Outlook .OFT files

I'm attempting to programmatically replace an embedded image within an OFT file (An Outlook message template), which is in Compound File Binary Format (because using anything human readable would make my life too easy). To work with this file, I'm…
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