Incorporating user details from AD into an Outlook Form

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Hi.

We have a client who has passed us a form they use for corporate emails.

Alongside the usual signature details (name, address, phone nos, email

address), there is a panel with their "offer" of the month, which they change

monthly.

Below the signature, is a standard legal disclaimer.

At the bottom, there is a coloured panel containing the business address and

contact details.

What they would like us to do, is adapt the form so that the user details

are extracted from Active Directory, so that everyone's email footers look

the same.

The .oft file we have been passed from the client as an example, is dynamic

in relation to resizing the email window.

We have found a VBScript online (from Spiceworks), that extracts user

details from AD and puts them into a Word file and then adds it into the

signature area of Outlook. This is meant to go in to users' logon scripts.

Adapting .oft details to go into a signature in this manner looks very

tricky indeed!

The questions boil down to: Is this a viable thing at all ? Is the .oft file

the best method ? If not, is there a better one ?

I hope my explanation of the problem makes sense. If not, I can try and

clarify.

Thanks!

Nick.
 
If you have a script to get AD details and modify a Word document, the same

techniques could be used with the Outlook object model to modify an Outlook

message (i.e. one created from an .oft file that just lacks the signature)

and save it as an .oft file.

Whether an .oft file is a good solution depends on exactly what you mean by

"corporate emails" and the Outlook version. I would never use an .oft file

like the one you describe for anything other than occasional boilerplate

mailings.

Sue Mosher

"ngreen" <ngreen> wrote in message

news:0BF65A91-2B70-49C7-B795-5CDF7167EEB4@microsoft.com...
> Hi.

> We have a client who has passed us a form they use for corporate emails.
> Alongside the usual signature details (name, address, phone nos, email
> address), there is a panel with their "offer" of the month, which they
> change
> monthly.

> Below the signature, is a standard legal disclaimer.

> At the bottom, there is a coloured panel containing the business address
> and
> contact details.

> What they would like us to do, is adapt the form so that the user details
> are extracted from Active Directory, so that everyone's email footers look
> the same.

> The .oft file we have been passed from the client as an example, is
> dynamic
> in relation to resizing the email window.

> We have found a VBScript online (from Spiceworks), that extracts user
> details from AD and puts them into a Word file and then adds it into the
> signature area of Outlook. This is meant to go in to users' logon scripts.

> Adapting .oft details to go into a signature in this manner looks very
> tricky indeed!

> The questions boil down to: Is this a viable thing at all ? Is the .oft
> file
> the best method ? If not, is there a better one ?

> I hope my explanation of the problem makes sense. If not, I can try and
> clarify.

> Thanks!

> Nick.
 
Sorry, should have said that this is in Outlook 2007

"ngreen" wrote:


> Hi.

> We have a client who has passed us a form they use for corporate emails.
> Alongside the usual signature details (name, address, phone nos, email
> address), there is a panel with their "offer" of the month, which they change
> monthly.

> Below the signature, is a standard legal disclaimer.

> At the bottom, there is a coloured panel containing the business address and
> contact details.

> What they would like us to do, is adapt the form so that the user details
> are extracted from Active Directory, so that everyone's email footers look
> the same.

> The .oft file we have been passed from the client as an example, is dynamic
> in relation to resizing the email window.

> We have found a VBScript online (from Spiceworks), that extracts user
> details from AD and puts them into a Word file and then adds it into the
> signature area of Outlook. This is meant to go in to users' logon scripts.

> Adapting .oft details to go into a signature in this manner looks very
> tricky indeed!

> The questions boil down to: Is this a viable thing at all ? Is the .oft file
> the best method ? If not, is there a better one ?

> I hope my explanation of the problem makes sense. If not, I can try and
> clarify.

> Thanks!

> Nick.
 
Sue,

Thanks for your thoughts. I'll hunt down outlook object model details.

This is intended as a signature to be appended to all outgoing emails. What

would you recommend in preference to a .oft form ?

Thanks,

Nick.

"Sue Mosher [MVP]" wrote:


> If you have a script to get AD details and modify a Word document, the same
> techniques could be used with the Outlook object model to modify an Outlook
> message (i.e. one created from an .oft file that just lacks the signature)
> and save it as an .oft file.

> Whether an .oft file is a good solution depends on exactly what you mean by
> "corporate emails" and the Outlook version. I would never use an .oft file
> like the one you describe for anything other than occasional boilerplate
> mailings.
> > Sue Mosher
> > >

> "ngreen" <ngreen> wrote in message
> news:0BF65A91-2B70-49C7-B795-5CDF7167EEB4@microsoft.com...
> > Hi.
> > We have a client who has passed us a form they use for corporate emails.
> > Alongside the usual signature details (name, address, phone nos, email
> > address), there is a panel with their "offer" of the month, which they
> > change
> > monthly.
> > Below the signature, is a standard legal disclaimer.
> > At the bottom, there is a coloured panel containing the business address
> > and
> > contact details.
> > What they would like us to do, is adapt the form so that the user details
> > are extracted from Active Directory, so that everyone's email footers look
> > the same.
> > The .oft file we have been passed from the client as an example, is
> > dynamic
> > in relation to resizing the email window.
> > We have found a VBScript online (from Spiceworks), that extracts user
> > details from AD and puts them into a Word file and then adds it into the
> > signature area of Outlook. This is meant to go in to users' logon scripts.
> > Adapting .oft details to go into a signature in this manner looks very
> > tricky indeed!
> > The questions boil down to: Is this a viable thing at all ? Is the .oft
> > file
> > the best method ? If not, is there a better one ?
> > I hope my explanation of the problem makes sense. If not, I can try and
> > clarify.
> > Thanks!
> > Nick.


> .
>
 
An .oft file is not useful at all for sending messages on a routine basis.

If I wanted to require users to put a specific signature on all outgoing

messages, I'd use a server-based solution. Otherwise, I'd use a script to

build such a signature (in all 3 formats) and place it in the user's

Signatures folder.

Sue Mosher

"ngreen" <ngreen> wrote in message

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> Sue,

> Thanks for your thoughts. I'll hunt down outlook object model details.

> This is intended as a signature to be appended to all outgoing emails.
> What
> would you recommend in preference to a .oft form ?

> Thanks,

> Nick.

> "Sue Mosher [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > If you have a script to get AD details and modify a Word document, the
> > same
> > techniques could be used with the Outlook object model to modify an
> > Outlook
> > message (i.e. one created from an .oft file that just lacks the
> > signature)
> > and save it as an .oft file.
>

>> Whether an .oft file is a good solution depends on exactly what you mean
> > by
> > "corporate emails" and the Outlook version. I would never use an .oft
> > file
> > like the one you describe for anything other than occasional boilerplate
> > mailings.
> > > > Sue Mosher
> > >> >> >
>
>> "ngreen" <ngreen> wrote in message
> > news:0BF65A91-2B70-49C7-B795-5CDF7167EEB4@microsoft.com...
> > > Hi.
> >> > We have a client who has passed us a form they use for corporate
> > > emails.
> > > Alongside the usual signature details (name, address, phone nos, email
> > > address), there is a panel with their "offer" of the month, which they
> > > change
> > > monthly.
> >> > Below the signature, is a standard legal disclaimer.
> >> > At the bottom, there is a coloured panel containing the business
> > > address
> > > and
> > > contact details.
> >> > What they would like us to do, is adapt the form so that the user
> > > details
> > > are extracted from Active Directory, so that everyone's email footers
> > > look
> > > the same.
> >> > The .oft file we have been passed from the client as an example, is
> > > dynamic
> > > in relation to resizing the email window.
> >> > We have found a VBScript online (from Spiceworks), that extracts user
> > > details from AD and puts them into a Word file and then adds it into
> > > the
> > > signature area of Outlook. This is meant to go in to users' logon
> > > scripts.
> >> > Adapting .oft details to go into a signature in this manner looks very
> > > tricky indeed!
> >> > The questions boil down to: Is this a viable thing at all ? Is the .oft
> > > file
> > > the best method ? If not, is there a better one ?
 
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