XFOR: Notes Client Gets Error Message: Error Loading Metafile

• The message is composed using the Exchange client or the Outlook client.
• The message is composed using WordMail as the message editor.
• The Exchange Server message composition includes a screen capture (ALT+PRINTSCREEN or CTRL+PRINTSCREEN) pasted into (CTRL+V or by clicking Paste from the Edit menu) the message body. (Additionally, On the Insert menu, click Picture, then click From file[ASCII 133] can cause this same result.)
• The message is routed into Lotus Notes using the LinkAge Notes Connector (for Lotus Notes 3.2) with Exchange Server 4.0 or 5.0, or using Exchange Server 5.5 and its Exchange Note Connector.

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1. Edit an existing Email.dot template.
2. Add the following VBA code as a macro named "EditPaste" (without the quotation marks).
3. Save the document template (possibly under a new name, for example, Emailnmc.dot).
4. Distribute the new template to Exchange clients that use WordMail.
5. Configure the Exchange or Outlook clients to use the new document template (see "Installing the template" below).
   

      *** Begin VBA code ***
   
       Sub EditPaste()
       '
       ' New Default EditPaste Command
       ' Scripted 17/03/98 by David Ellis
       On Error GoTo TIM
       If Selection.Information(wdInWordMail) = 0 Then GoTo ZIG
          Set myDialog = Dialogs(wdDialogEditPasteSpecial)
          a$ = myDialog.Datatype
          If a$ <> "DIB" Then GoTo ZIG
          ' WordObject paste in progress
          Application.ScreenUpdating = False
          Selection.PasteSpecial Datatype:=wdPasteBitmap, Placement:=wdInLine
          Selection.MoveLeft Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1
          Selection.MoveRight Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=2, Extend:=wdExtend
          Selection.Cut
          Selection.PasteSpecial Datatype:=wdPasteOLEObject,
      Placement:=wdInLine
          Selection.TypeParagraph
          Selection.MoveRight Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1, Extend:=wdExtend
          Selection.Copy
          Selection.MoveLeft Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1
          GoTo ZAG
       TIM:
       If Err = 4605 Then MsgBox "Unable to paste. Please copy the item and
       try pasting again.", vbInformation, "Microsoft Outlook"
       GoTo ZAG
       MsgBox "Unable to paste. Please re-copy the item and paste again.",
       vbInformation, "Microsoft Outlook"
       GoTo ZAG
       ZIG:
          Selection.Paste
       ZAG:
          Application.ScreenUpdating = True
       End Sub
      *** End VBA code ***
   						

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Using the Macro

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Issues with Using this Macro

1. An OLE Word object tends to be somewhat larger than the inline bitmap of the same screen capture. Although the difference is not excessive, the required storage space, transfer time, and time for an Exchange client to display the message may be greater than for a comparable RTF inline bitmap.
2. After a screen capture is pasted into the message body, the clipboard buffer is overwritten. If you intend to paste multiple copies of the SAME screen capture into this message or additional messages, you must re-capture the desired screenshot and paste it into the message. This is to prevent a subsequent paste action from introducing an inline bitmap object that would result in the message, once again, not being rendered in the Notes client.

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Installing the Template

1. Copy the new template file to the user's computer. The default location for Email.dot is <install-drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office. If the new template is named Email.dot, and it is allowed to overwrite the existing Email.dot, no further configuration is necessary besides restarting the client.
2. Configure the client to use the template: For Outlook, perform the following steps:
   
   
   1. On the Tools menu, click Options, then click the Email tab.
   2. Click Template.
   3. Locate and specify the template file to be used. Click Apply.
   For Exchange Inbox:
   
   
   1. On the Compose menu, click WordMail options...
   2. Click Add.
   3. Locate and specify the template file to be used. Click Add.
   4. Select the new template from the list, and select the Set As Default Template check box. Click Close.

   HKEY_Current_User\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Word\Stationary
				

   HKEY_Current_User\Software\Microsoft\Office\7.0\Word\Stationary

   Default Template:REG_SZ:<full-path-and-filename-to-document-template>
				

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