> Hi

> Does anyone have information regarding digital certificates to sign custom
> outlook forms with?

> OnSign had a nice product, but unfortunately they discontinued operations
on
> 5 April 2002...

> Is there another company  I can contact?

> Thanks
> Tersia

> AFAIK, Outlook forms can't be signed, period.

> --
> Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
> Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
> Author of
>      Microsoft Outlook Programming Jumpstart - coming September 2002
>      http://www.slipstick.com/books/jumpstart.htm

> > Hi

> > Does anyone have information regarding digital certificates to sign
custom
> > outlook forms with?

> > OnSign had a nice product, but unfortunately they discontinued
operations
> on
> > 5 April 2002...

> > Is there another company  I can contact?

> > Thanks
> > Tersia

> Let me refrase...

> I need a digital certificate (or some signing mechanism) that will
sign only
> custom forms
> when I send them from my mailbox to recipients. I am building
workflow
> applications
> for clients where managers approve some stages of the business
processes. I
> need
> to verify that the approvers via some kind of digital signing
mechanism.

> I have experimented with the Personal Digital Certificate from
Thawte...

> When I send a custom outlook form (publiched in the Organizational
Forms
> library) or any email message
> (thus including the Standard outlook forms - which I would like to
exclude)
> to a recipient,
> it gets signed with my imported digital certificate
> (which I imported into Outlook from Tools... Options... Security...
> Import\Export... )

> At the recipient the forms icon is changed to indicate that it has
been
> signed by me.

> Although this is working well and is free, it is still not the way I
would
> like to go for client installations using
> my custom outlook workflow processes.

> There must be some other kind of digital certificate  / signing
mechanism
> available that works on the same
> principle as the Personal Digital Certifiacte of Thawte, but only
signs
> specified custom outlook forms...

> Thanks
> Tersia

> Signing a form is not something that is exposed to the Outlook object
> model. A user can select to sign or not sign a form but there is no
> property or method to enable you to sign a message from code
> selectively.

> You might want to look at the following KB article to see how to
> detect whether a form is signed or not (and encrypted). At least you
> can present a dialog when a form is sent if it isn't signed to make
> the user sign it. Of course everyone would need a certificate.

> The code in the KB article is CDO code, you would have to use that or
> Extended MAPI (C++ or Delphi only) to even detect if a form was
> signed. The KB article is:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q194623& (make
> sure to include the "&" in the URL).

> --
> Ken Slovak
> [MVP - Outlook]
> http://www.slovaktech.com
> Lead Author, Professional Outlook 2000 Programming, Wrox Press
> Lead Author, Beginning VB 6 Application Development, Wrox Press
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> > Let me refrase...

> > I need a digital certificate (or some signing mechanism) that will
> sign only
> > custom forms
> > when I send them from my mailbox to recipients. I am building
> workflow
> > applications
> > for clients where managers approve some stages of the business
> processes. I
> > need
> > to verify that the approvers via some kind of digital signing
> mechanism.

> > I have experimented with the Personal Digital Certificate from
> Thawte...

> > When I send a custom outlook form (publiched in the Organizational
> Forms
> > library) or any email message
> > (thus including the Standard outlook forms - which I would like to
> exclude)
> > to a recipient,
> > it gets signed with my imported digital certificate
> > (which I imported into Outlook from Tools... Options... Security...
> > Import\Export... )

> > At the recipient the forms icon is changed to indicate that it has
> been
> > signed by me.

> > Although this is working well and is free, it is still not the way I
> would
> > like to go for client installations using
> > my custom outlook workflow processes.

> > There must be some other kind of digital certificate  / signing
> mechanism
> > available that works on the same
> > principle as the Personal Digital Certifiacte of Thawte, but only
> signs
> > specified custom outlook forms...

> > Thanks
> > Tersia

> AFAIK, Outlook forms can't be signed, period.

> --
> Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
> Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
> Author of
>      Microsoft Outlook Programming Jumpstart - coming September 2002
>      http://www.slipstick.com/books/jumpstart.htm

> > Hi

> > Does anyone have information regarding digital certificates to sign
custom
> > outlook forms with?

> > OnSign had a nice product, but unfortunately they discontinued
operations
> on
> > 5 April 2002...

> > Is there another company  I can contact?

> > Thanks
> > Tersia