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Matt Lavery

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Sep 2, 2002, 1:28:42 AM9/2/02
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Hi

I have developed a web based support system for my company's clients.
It works via email by sending requests for support to the relevant
people. The emails are always in HTML format. I have always previously
used Outlook express to read the emails and it worked fine. However
just recently i have changed to Outlook, now when i try and click a
button contained in my emails (see code below) it doesn't do anything.
I know i can work around this problem by using links instead of
buttons but i have become quiet fond of my HTML coloured buttons.

Here is the code i use:

<form method="post" action="MYURL" id="frm01" name="frm01">
<input id="btn01" Name="btn01" type="submit" value="My Button"
style="color: 'White'; background-color: 'Black'; font-size: '9pt';
border-color: 'Yello'"">
</form>

Does any one know why this is happening?

ML

those who know me have no need of my name

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Sep 2, 2002, 2:58:23 AM9/2/02
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in comp.programming i read:

>I have developed a web based support system for my company's clients.
>It works via email by sending requests for support to the relevant
>people. The emails are always in HTML format. I have always previously
>used Outlook express to read the emails and it worked fine. However
>just recently i have changed to Outlook, now when i try and click a
>button contained in my emails (see code below) it doesn't do anything.

that's life bub. html doesn't work like you think it does.

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Richard Heathfield

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Sep 2, 2002, 3:03:52 AM9/2/02
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Matt Lavery wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I have developed a web based support system for my company's clients.
> It works via email by sending requests for support to the relevant
> people. The emails are always in HTML format. I have always previously
> used Outlook express to read the emails and it worked fine. However
> just recently i have changed to Outlook, now when i try and click a
> button contained in my emails (see code below) it doesn't do anything.

Try a Microsoft application support newsgroup.

<snip>

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Thomas Stegen CES2000

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Sep 2, 2002, 9:22:38 AM9/2/02
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"Richard Heathfield" <bin...@eton.powernet.co.uk> wrote in message

> Try a Microsoft application support newsgroup.
>

Does that sound like the AA to anyone else as well?

;)

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Jack Klein

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Sep 2, 2002, 11:41:58 PM9/2/02
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On 1 Sep 2002 22:28:42 -0700, matt_...@hotmail.com (Matt Lavery)
wrote in comp.programming:

HTML email is EVIL. YMMV.

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