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Q178124: XCLN: Microsoft Outlook for Windows 3.1x

Article: Q178124
Product(s): Microsoft Exchange
Version(s): WINDOWS:8.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbusage
Last Modified: 06-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Outlook, Exchange Server Edition, version 8.0, used with:
   - the operating system: Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11 
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SUMMARY
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The Microsoft Outlook 8.0 client for the Windows 3.1x operating system improves
messaging and group scheduling interoperability with Microsoft Outlook (for
Windows) without requiring new hardware for users of Windows 3.1x.

Customers committed to staying on the Windows 3.1x platform for the long term may
want to consider using Microsoft Outlook Express for messaging and the Microsoft
Outlook Web Access (OWA) client for scheduling. Microsoft will continue to
support the Windows 3.1x version of the Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft
Schedule+ 7.x clients.

MORE INFORMATION
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The Microsoft Outlook client for Windows 3.1x includes all the features of the
existing Microsoft Exchange and Schedule+ clients, plus new features to smooth
interoperability with existing versions of Microsoft Outlook. Because of the
operating system and hardware limitations of typical computers based on Windows
3.1x, this client continues to provide only a subset of the features found in
the 32-bit version of Microsoft Outlook. Please note that this client does not
support connectivity to Internet mail, Microsoft Mail for PC Networks, or Lotus
cc:Mail.

FEATURES

The following new features are included in the Microsoft Outlook 8.x for Windows
3.1x client:

E-mail Interoperability Improvements
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Users can now send and receive flagged messages, recall messages, and respond to
(but not send) voting messages. This client is intended for Microsoft Exchange
Server integration only and does not include the Internet mail (POP, IMAP4)
support required to directly connect to an Internet service provider. Users of
Windows 3.x who require POP3 support are encouraged to evaluate the Microsoft
Outlook Express client that is available with Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Calendar and Group Scheduling
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By default, the Windows 3.x version of Outlook can only view Microsoft Schedule+
7.x data of other users. However, a client extension is available for the
Outlook Windows 3.x client that provides the ability to view the details of a
Windows Outlook user's Calendar folder. This add-on, called the Schedule+
Exchange Transport DLL, is located on the Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Client
Pack CD in the following directory:

  Support\MSOUTL\Win16

The client continues to have exactly the same Calendar, Contacts, and Task
features that are available in Schedule+ version 7.0, and the client continues
to display Calendar, Contacts, and Task information in a separate window,
accessible through the Calendar icon on the Outlook Bar.

Opening Exchange Server HTML Forms
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Outlook electronic forms created using the built-in Outlook forms design tool can
only be used on Windows desktops where Outlook is installed. However, Exchange
Server provides an alternative way to create forms for use in collaborative
applications - using Active Server Pages and the Microsoft Exchange
Collaboration Data Objects (CDO) interface to script forms that are displayed as
HTML in a Web browser. All three versions of Outlook in Exchange Server 5.5
(32-bit Outlook, Outlook for Windows 3.1x, and Outlook for Macintosh) have been
extended to support Exchange Server HTML forms. These features provide Exchange
Server sites with more options for developing and deploying electronic forms.

All three versions of Outlook in Exchange Server 5.5 contain a new menu item on
the Compose menu, Open Web Form, that lets users invoke an Exchange Server HTML
form. When a user selects this menu item, the Web browser registered on the
user's computer is automatically opened and directed to an internal Web site
containing a directory of HTML forms. The URL that locates the directory of HTML
forms can be set as an option and can be set in registry keys by the system
administrator.

Currently, when an Outlook form is sent to the Windows 3.x client, it is
essentially unusable - opening the item in the Windows 3.x Inbox does not
display the actual form, as the form designer intended. However, with Exchange
Server 5.5, the Windows 3.x client automatically starts an associated HTML form
through the browser when a user opens an Outlook form from the Inbox, provided
Outlook Web Access is installed and enabled on the server. This HTML form is
created as an additional design step and is not automatically generated during
the design of the Outlook form. The Exchange Server administrator associates the
HTML form with the appropriate Outlook form message class.

Improved User Interface
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Outlook for Windows 3.1x includes a partially customizable Outlook Bar and a
Folder Banner consistent with Outlook for Windows. Menu and toolbar commands are
now arranged to more closely match Outlook for Windows.

ARCHITECTURE AND SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Server Requirements
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Standard e-mail and group scheduling requires Exchange Server 4.0 or later. To
implement custom forms using HTML and Exchange Server CDO requires Exchange
Server 5.0 Service Pack 1 or later, and Microsoft Internet Information Server
3.0 with Active Server Pages (renamed to Outlook Web Access in Exchange Server
5.5) or later installed.

Client Requirements
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Windows 3.1x:

- 8 MB of RAM minimum (12 MB or more recommended)

- 12 MB of hard-disk space (22 MB or more recommended)


Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbusage 
Technology        : kbOutlookSearch kbExchangeSearch
Version           : WINDOWS:8.0
Issue type        : kbinfo

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