INCLUDEPICTURE HTTP address changed to CID

RGBglobal

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I am trying to do a MailMerge using a Word HTML document which includes some
JPGs. I create links to the Pictures on the WEB and the source document does
show the HTTP address in teh INCLUDEPICTURE field.
However, after the MailMerge executed, and if I look at the source of the
outbound messages in my SentItem list in Outlook, the IMG SRC tags contain a
CID reference instead of the HTTP reference.
How to I prevent the embedding of the image inside the message
[IMG SRC = "CID:..."] html tag, or
how do I force that the email goes out with the
[IMG SRC = "HTTP ..."] html tag?

Peter Jamieson

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Feb 13, 2007, 8:14:57 PM2/13/07

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See if one of the following still works - it used to but now I do not know:

{ QUOTE { INCLUDEPICTURE http://www.mysite.com/myimage.jpg
\*MERGEFORMATINET \d } }
or something like the following, which was posted by someone else with
a simiar problem
{ QUOTE { INCLUDEPICTURE http://mywebsite/mypicture.jpg \d
\*MERGEFORMAT } \* MERGEFORMAT }

All the {} need to be the special field braces you can insert using ctrl-F9.
One of them may work if you just want to send a link to a single image (i.e.
all
the e-mails link to the same image). If you need each e-mail to link to a
different image, you /may/ be able to replace the URL by a mergefield
containing the URL, e.g.

{ QUOTE { INCLUDEPICTURE "{ MERGEFIELD picureURL }"
\*MERGEFORMATINET \d } }
or maybe something like
{ QUOTE { INCLUDEPICTURE "{ MERGEFIELD picureURL }" \d
\*MERGEFORMAT } \* MERGEFORMAT }

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Feb 14, 2007, 12:34:56 AM2/14/07

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I also tried
{ INCLUDEPICTURE http://www.rgbglobal.com/eMailAssets/Logo.jpg \*
MERGEFORMAT }
it generated
src="cid:http://www.rgbglobal.com/eMailAssets/Logo.jpg"

RGBglobal

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Feb 14, 2007, 12:45:46 AM2/14/07

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I lost my last post #$^!
This POST was sent (lost) before the second (which now appears first)

Thanks for your quick response. I tried the two methods.

The first method made no difference. The html generated showed
src="cid:pub_res_files/image002.jpg
where I was expecting
src="http://www.rgbglobal.com/eMailAssets/Logo.jpg"

The second method did make a difference.
The coded generate showed
src="cid:http://www.rgbglobal.com/eMailAssets/Logo.jpg"
Where I was hopping for
src="http://www.rgbglobal.com/eMailAssets/Logo.jpg"

Any other ideas?

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Peter Jamieson

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Feb 14, 2007, 10:28:13 AM2/14/07

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It's not always easy to tell which Outlook settings affect messages
generated by Word mailmerge and which do not.

In this case, that appears to do the trick, but I am now not sure what the
exact field syntax you need and don't have time to look right now.

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RGBglobal

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Feb 14, 2007, 10:40:53 AM2/14/07

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Already unchecked.
Thanks anyway for your help.

Peter Jamieson

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Feb 14, 2007, 11:26:36 AM2/14/07

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OK, unfortunately nothing else I have tried gives me precisely the same
result as you, i.e. a cid: followed by an Internet URL rather than a
reference to an image in a segment in a MIME message. With the aformentioned
option unchecked, I get proper URLs of exactly the type you want. With it
checked, I always get a cid:.

Whether cid:http://whatever even makes sense, I couldn't tell you - if it
doesn't, then arguably it's an error in Outlook that someone in an Outlook
group might know more about.

The only other suggestions I can make are:
a. Have another go with the \d syntax - make sure you execute all the field
codes first
b. compare version numbers: I'm running Word 11.8106.8107, Outlook
11.8118.8107, and Windows XP Tablet Edition (for most intents and purposes,
= Win XP Pro) SP2 (build 5.1.2600). I'm not aware of any particular build
with this particular problem, though.

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Feb 14, 2007, 1:17:07 PM2/14/07

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I have the same Outlook and Word build numbers.

With the generated field syntax as: {INCLUDEPICTURE
"http://www.rgbglobal.com/eMailAssets/Logo.jpg" \* MERGEFORMATINET }
The \d switch placed between INCLUDEPICTURE and the url generates
src="cid:http://www.rgbglobal.com/eMailAssets/2.jpg" in the ViewSource of the
outboud email.
The \d switch placed between the url and the \* resizes does the same.
The \d switch placed between the \* and MERGEFORMATINET gives Error! Switch
argument not specified.
The \d switch placed after MERGEFORMATINET generates src=cid:http://...
Removing \* MERGEFORMATINET generates src="cid:pub_res_files/image001.jpg

I also created a new Word document to test by creating new fields by using
Word|Insert|Fields|IncludePicture and testing the 4 checkbox combination as
follows:
DataNotStoredWithDocument unchecked and PreserveFormattingDuringUpdates
checked (the default) the field generated was:
{ INCLUDEPICTURE "http://www.rgbglobal.com/eMailAssets/2.jpg" \*
MERGEFORMAT }
DataNotStoredWithDocument checked and PreserveFormattingDuringUpdates checked
{ INCLUDEPICTURE "http://www.rgbglobal.com/eMailAssets/2.jpg" \d \*
MERGEFORMAT }
DataNotStoredWithDocument unchecked and PreserveFormattingDuringUpdates
unchecked
{ INCLUDEPICTURE "http://www.rgbglobal.com/eMailAssets/2.jpg" }
DataNotStoredWithDocument checked and PreserveFormattingDuringUpdates
unchecked
{ INCLUDEPICTURE "http://www.rgbglobal.com/eMailAssets/2.jpg" \d }
But that did not help at all.

Perhaps I should buy a product not written by MS, then I might have a
fighting chance!

Thanks Peter

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Peter Jamieson

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Feb 14, 2007, 3:04:36 PM2/14/07

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I found the same thing. Nor did changing any of the options in Word
Tools|Options|general|E-mail options.

The thing that worked here simply had

{ QUOTE { INCLUDEPICTURE "http://whatever" \d } }

No \*MERGEFORMAT or \*MERGEFORMATINET (which are really supposed to be a
single Word).

I'm also pretty sure that it makes no difference, when you get to the merge,
whether your document has been saved as a .htm (with supporting files), .htm
(stripped) or .doc. (I didn't look at the .mht situation).

I've been trying to think what else in Outlook might result in the image
being sent as a MIME part. But I don't know the application that well.
However, my example is very simple and as far as I can see, Outlook does not
need to create any other MIME parts. I'm just wondering whether in your case
some other part is being created (i.e. nothing to do with /this/ image) and
then Outlook is wrongly using a cid. Just clutching at a straw!

> Perhaps I should buy a product not written by MS, then I might have a
> fighting chance!

Someone in here mentioned they'd used MAPILab's product to solve another
HTML-related problem. I don't do recommendations (not for free, anyway!) but
it might be worth a look.

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Feb 14, 2007, 6:01:05 PM2/14/07

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Peter, when you say it works for you, do you mean that you see
[src="http://...] when you RightClick|ViewSource in the body of message in
your Outlook|Sent Items?

I do have MAPIlab MailMergeToolKit and I am having not much more success.
I created the field { QUOTE {INCLUDEPICTURE
"http://www.rgbglobal.com/eMailAssets/eMailHeader.jpg" \d } }
In my case, when I use the Word MailMerge function I get the ViewSource shows
<p class=MsoNormal><img width=720 height=208 id="_x0000_i1026"
src="cid:image0...@01C75060.131A6D50"></p> . The image stills displays
fine.
When I use MAPIlab MailMergeToolkit, I get
<p class=MsoNormal><img width=720 height=208
src="cid:http://www.rgbglobal.com/eMailAssets/eMailHeader.jpg"></p>. Of
course this displaying a placeholder with a redX.

By the way the MailMergeToolkit is a great product if you want to MailMerge
with attachments.

Peter Jamieson

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Feb 14, 2007, 6:47:51 PM2/14/07

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> Peter, when you say it works for you, do you mean that you see
> [src="http://...] when you RightClick|ViewSource in the body of message in
> your Outlook|Sent Items?

Yes. Here's the source I'm seeing with exactly the fields I have mentioned
before and nothing else (if I add more stuff to the mail merge main
document, it still works though :-) :

-------------------------------------------------

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:v =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word"><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<META content=Word.Document name=ProgId>
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR>
<META content="Microsoft Word 11" name=Originator><LINK
href="cid:fileli...@01C75091.6623F120" rel=File-List><LINK
href="cid:editdata.mso" rel=Edit-Time-Data>
<STYLE>@font-face {
font-family: SimSun;
}
@font-face {
font-family: @SimSun;
}
@page Section1 {size: 595.3pt 841.9pt; margin: 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;
mso-header-margin: .5in; mso-footer-margin: .5in; mso-paper-source: 0; }
P.MsoNormal {
FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman";
mso-style-parent: ""; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:
SimSun
}
LI.MsoNormal {
FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman";
mso-style-parent: ""; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:
SimSun
}
DIV.MsoNormal {
FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman";
mso-style-parent: ""; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:
SimSun
}
P.MsoPlainText {
FONT-SIZE: 8pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New";
mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun;
mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt
}
LI.MsoPlainText {
FONT-SIZE: 8pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New";
mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun;
mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt
}
DIV.MsoPlainText {
FONT-SIZE: 8pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New";
mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun;
mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt
}
DIV.Section1 {
page: Section1
}
OL {
MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in
}
UL {
MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in
}
</STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY lang=EN-GB style="tab-interval: .5in">
<DIV class=Section1>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><IMG id=_x0000_i1026 height=601
src="http://www.goodworth.org/images/birchadvert1.JPG"
width=451></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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