Sign in
 
Exchange Server TechCenter > Exchange Server Forums > Development > OWA form customization in Exchange 2007
Ask a questionAsk a question
Search Forums:
 

QuestionOWA form customization in Exchange 2007

  • Saturday, December 29, 2007 3:17 PMAtul Sureka Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
    Sign In to Vote
    0
    Sign In to Vote

    Hi,

     

    I have gone through this article http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb891801.aspx# which talks about OWA customization in Exchange 2007 SP1.

     

    I have followed the same steps mentioned in the article for OWA customization.

     

    However custom forms are not getting call unless & until I reset the IIS. According to this article OWA should scan the folder every hour & should pick up the changes. This is not working in my case. On resetting the IIS it is working fine.

     

    This is what I did on exchange server

     

    1. Created a folder inside \ClientAccess\Owa\forms\Customization say "OWATest".

     

    2. Deployed all the custom forms inside OWATest folder.

     

    3. Rename the ClientAccess\Owa\forms\Customization\registry.xml.template to registry.xml & specify the path of new forms inside this xml file for my custom classes.

     

    4. My custom forms starts getting called only if I reset the IIS. According to this article OWA should scans the folder every hour & looks for the changes.

     

    Can anybody please tell me what's going wrong in my case.

     

    Thanks

    Atul Sureka

     

All Replies

  • Wednesday, January 02, 2008 7:24 PMDavid Sterling - MSFT Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
    Sign In to Vote
    0
    Sign In to Vote

    I chatted with the OWA team and they said that the documentation is incorrect. OWA needs to be restarted for the custom forms to be detected.  So what you are seeing in the correct behavior.

     
  • Friday, January 11, 2008 9:17 AMAtul Sureka Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
    Sign In to Vote
    0
    Sign In to Vote

    Many thanks David for clarification.

     

    However it's not possible on production environment to reset the IIS. Isn't there any other better approach for OWA customization, which does not require IIS reset.

     

    Regards

    Atul Sureka

     

     
  • Sunday, January 13, 2008 11:41 AMDavid Sterling - MSFT Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
    Sign In to Vote
    0
    Sign In to Vote

     

    Unforunately it doesn't look like it.  Of course, you might want to try just restarting the OWA app pool rather than bringing down all of IIS.  That should probably work.
     
  • Tuesday, January 15, 2008 9:26 AMAtul Sureka Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
    Sign In to Vote
    0
    Sign In to Vote

     

    Restarting the MSExchangeOWAAppPool worked. However it ends all the users session which are logged in at that time. If user is in between of writing a mail then s/he will loose his/her data.

     

    Hence resetting the App pool does not seems a good idea on production machine.

     

    Is there any other possible workaround for it. Can Microsoft release a HF for this issue.

     

     

    Atul Sureka

     
  • Wednesday, May 28, 2008 4:32 PMYouKnow_ Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
    Sign In to Vote
    0
    Sign In to Vote

     

    How do I customizate the OWA sign on screen if I use ISA?
     
  • Tuesday, June 10, 2008 9:25 AMravinalla Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
    Sign In to Vote
    0
    Sign In to Vote

    Hi all, this Ravi

     

    I am unable to call custom forms in OWA exchanger server 2007 sp1.

     

    I updated the registry.xml file also and the i restarted IIS still, custom fomrs are not calling....

     

    This is what I did on exchange server

     

    1. Created a folder inside \ClientAccess\Owa\forms\Customization say "TestOWACustom".

     

    2. Deployed all the custom forms inside TestOWACustomfolder.

     

    3. Renamed the ClientAccess\Owa\forms\Customization\registry.xml.template to registry.xml & specifed the path of new forms inside this xml file for my custom classes.

     

    4. I restarted the ISS still its not calling the custom form when opened specified message.

     

    I tried, SDK documentaion provided by Microsoft. but still i am unable to open custom page.

     

    Any one can help to how to register custom forms and how to call custom form on OWA 2007 sp1.

     

    Any settings needs to change in exchange server(i am using Exchane server 2007 SP1 enterprise edition)

     

    advanced thanks,