Microsoft KB Archive/823957

= Availability of the Word 2002 Post-Service Pack 2 Hotfix Package: July 18, 2003 =

Article ID: 823957

Article Last Modified on 4/7/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition

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ARTICLE CONTENTS

 * SUMMARY
 * Service pack information
 * Hotfix information
 * Prerequisites
 * Restart information
 * Hotfix replacement information
 * Registry information
 * Hotfix file information
 * REFERENCES



SUMMARY
This article describes the Word 2002 issue that is fixed in the Word 2002 Post-Service Pack 2 Hotfix package that is dated July 18, 2003.

Issues that are fixed in the hotfix package
The following issue is fixed in this hotfix package but was not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article.  When you try to connect to a Mail Merge data source, you may experience one of the following symptoms:  If you use the Mail Merge Wizard to try to connect, nothing may occur after you select your data source file in Step 2 of the Mail Merge, or you may receive the following error message:

Word was unable to open the datasource.

 If you use MSQuery to try to connect, you may receive the following error message:

ODBC Microsoft Access Driver Login Failed Could not find file.

 If you use Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) code to try to connect, you may receive various error messages that are related to information that is missing from the connection string, or you may receive the following error:

Run-time error '9105' String longer than 255 characters



Note If you view the connection string in the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor (VBE) Immediate window, after you pause your code, you may notice that only the first 255 characters are present. The rest of the connection string has been dropped.

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Service pack information
This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3.

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

307841 How to obtain the latest Office XP Service Pack

Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next Microsoft Office XP service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

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Prerequisites
 The Optimized version of this hotfix is a post-Office XP Service Pack 2 (SP-2) hotfix. To install the hotfix, you must have Office XP SP-2 installed. For additional information about Office XP SP-2, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

325671 OFFXP: Overview of the Office XP Service Pack 2

</li> The Optimized version of this hotfix requires Microsoft Windows Installer 2.0 or later. For additional information about the Windows Installer requirement, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

330537 OFFXP: Office XP Updates and Patches Released After September 2002 May Require Windows Installer 2.0

</li> The Full-File version of this hotfix is also the Administrative version of this hotfix. You can install this version of the hotfix with Office XP Service Pack 1 (SP-1). However, Microsoft has not tested this fix on Office XP SP-1 to the same extent as on Office XP Service Pack 2 (SP-2). If you install this hotfix on a computer with Office XP SP-1 installed, some file conflicts might occur. Microsoft supports this configuration, but Microsoft does not recommend this configuration.</li></ul>

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Restart information
You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

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Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix is not replaced by any later hotfix.

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Registry information
You do not have to create or modify any registry keys to activate any hotfixes that are contained in this package.

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Hotfix file information
This hotfix contains only those files that you must have to correct the issues that this article lists. This hotfix may not contain all the files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest build.

The global version of this has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel. <pre class="fixed_text">  Date         Time   Size       File name -  18-Jul-2003  08:08  3,027,472  Winwordop.msp  (Optimized) 18-Jul-2003 09:16  8,297,572  Winwordff.msp  (Full-File/Administrative) After the hotfix is installed, the global version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. <pre class="fixed_text">  Date         Time   Version      Size        File name 17-Jul-2003 06:10  10.0.5515.0  10,603,064  Winword.exe Note For more information about installing this hotfix, see the Readme.txt file that is included in the package.back to the top

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