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Re: E-Mail Submit - Deformed Form in the Body of the Email when using Outlook 2007

infopathic — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:19:09 GMT

I attached a screenshot of how the form appears in Outlook 2007 after it has been submitted using the Email Submit data connection and all controls have static widths.

Does anyone know how to fix:

a.) Fields get shfited down

b.) White space below "Comments"

c.) The form is still wider even after I gave all controls static widths.

Also, the most important issue for me is when the email that is sent by the form is forwarded, it apparently adds more formatting, which has caused fields to disappear in some instances.

Re: E-Mail Submit - Deformed Form in the Body of the Email when using Outlook 2007

warrtalon — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:39:28 GMT

infopathic:
Currently testing if giving the fields a hard number as a size fixes this issue.

Yes, that is the answer. You have to set a static width.

Re: E-Mail Submit - Deformed Form in the Body of the Email when using Outlook 2007

infopathic — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:55:00 GMT

Currently testing if giving the fields a hard number as a size fixes this issue.

E-Mail Submit - Deformed Form in the Body of the Email when using Outlook 2007

infopathic — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:38:25 GMT

I have my submit using the Email Submit Data Connection and the following setting:

"Send only the active view of the form and no attachment"

The body of the email contains the active view of the form, however the formatting of the form widens considerably when viewing the email using Outlook 2007. The form in the body of the email looks perfect when viewed using Outlook 2003 (strange how it works perfectly in Outlook 2003 but not in Outlook 2007). If you would like to see the email, I can send it to you. Below is a screenshot of what the form looks like in Outlook 2007 (note how wide it appears).

Thanks again InfoPath Dev!