Microsoft KB Archive/262043

= When you use the Forms Manager to update forms in the Organizational Forms Library in Microsoft Outlook 97, you may receive an error message =

Article ID: 262043

Article Last Modified on 1/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q262043





SYMPTOMS
After you republish a Microsoft Outlook custom form, you may receive the following error message when you use the form:

The form you selected could not be displayed. The form required to view this message cannot be displayed. Contact your administrator.

When you receive this error message, Outlook does not quit and you must use the Microsoft Windows Task Manager to close the program.



CAUSE
You used the Forms Manager to copy an updated version of a custom form from a folder or your Personal Forms Library to the Organizational Forms Library.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, do not use the Forms Manager to update forms in the Organizational Forms Library. Instead, directly publish the form. To publish the form, click the Tools menu in a form, point to Forms, and then click Publish Form.

To fix the problem after you use the Forms Manager to update the form:
 * 1) Use the Forms Manager to delete the form from the Organizational Forms Library.
 * 2) Open the form on your computer.
 * 3) On the File menu, click Publish Form As.
 * 4) Click Publish In, and then click Organizational Forms Library.
 * 5) Name the form, and then click Publish.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This problem was corrected in Microsoft Outlook 2002.



MORE INFORMATION
To access the Forms Manager, click Options on the Tools menu, click Advanced Options on the Other tab, click Custom Forms, and then click Manage Forms. You can then click the Set buttons to choose a forms library.

