Microsoft KB Archive/279213

= OL2000: Outlook 2000 Creates Larger Messages Than Outlook 98 When You Use the Same Custom Form =

Article ID: 279213

Article Last Modified on 9/23/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q279213



SYMPTOMS
A custom Outlook form may generate a saved message that is significantly larger in size when it is used with Outlook 2000. The same custom Outlook form may generate a smaller message size when it is used with Microsoft Outlook 98. The increase in size depends on the complexity of the custom Outlook form.



CAUSE
The increase in size is due to the saving of a stream property to the message. The stream property is loaded from the Outlook custom form, and incorrectly saved with the message by Outlook 2000.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

276367 OFF2000: How to Obtain the Latest Office 2000 Service Pack

The English-language version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

  Date        Time      File Name        File Size -  12/15/2000 2:03 PM  Outlook.msp        2,490,880 12/15/2000 2:26 PM Outlook_Admin.msp  7,629,312

The previous patch files result in changes to the following files:

06/14/2000 12:11p  Bjablr32.dll          41,472 06/14/2000 12:12p  Bjlog32.dll           61,952 06/14/2000 12:13p  Bjsrch32.dll          93,184 06/19/2000 01:49p  Cdo.dll              716,560 06/19/2000 01:12p  Cdo.dll_0004         808,720 11/16/2000 03:25a  Contab32.dll_0002    122,931 06/14/2000 12:14p  Emablt32.dll         183,808 08/31/2000 02:43p  Emsabp32.dll_0005    154,112 11/16/2000 04:34a  Emsmdb32.dll_0005    594,192 08/23/2000 11:59p  Emsui32.dll_0005     131,344 06/02/2000 05:45a  Envelope.dll          86,067 10/11/2000 07:37p  Exsec32.dll_0005     540,944 04/05/2000 02:02p  Mimedir.dll          192,561 09/28/2000 09:54a  Msmapi32.dll_0001    792,576 09/28/2000 09:50a  Msmapi32.dll_0002    623,104 07/07/2000 10:07p  Mspst32.dll_0004     602,384 07/07/2000 10:03p  Mspst32.dll_0005     528,656 01/31/2000 08:26p  Oladd.fae            196,661 05/23/2000 10:20a  Olexchng.aw          150,690 05/30/2000 01:53p  Olsec9.chm            26,643 05/22/2000 06:35p  Olxchng9.chm         170,617 06/02/2000 06:43a  Omi9.dll_0001        454,144 06/02/2000 06:46a  Omint.dll_0001       548,352 05/30/2000 03:18p  Out2ksec.mst         112,128 09/28/2000 09:46a  Outex.dll            782,608 05/23/2000 06:19p  Outlhlp.aw_0001      554,068 12/14/2000 02:37a  Outllib.dll        5,328,946 12/14/2000 02:38a  Outllibr.dll       1,675,315 09/25/2000 10:17p  Pstprx32.dll_0002    368,691 07/07/2000 01:41p  Rm.dll                73,772 06/02/2000 06:30a  Sendto9.dll           65,586



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 first corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP-3).



MORE INFORMATION
The stream property that increases the message size is a named property. Named properties can display a different property ID in different Microsoft Exchange stores. In this case, the MDBVU32 program displays a different property ID depending on the store where the message is saved. You can determine the name to be 34112 (0x8540) by using the GetNamesFromID function in the MVBVU32 program. This name is consistent from store to store.

NOTE: While this problem occurs, the message class does not change back to the IPM.NOTE message class, but retains the custom message class. If the message class reverts back to the IPM.Note message class, the message is a one-off message and this property should be saved. For additional information about forms converting to a one-off form, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

238765 OL2000: Some Control Properties Create One-Off Forms

146636 OL2000: Questions About Custom Forms and Outlook Solutions

223731 OL2000: Custom Form Converts to a One-Off Form When You Change the Message Options

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbqfe kboffice2000sp3fix kbhotfixserver KB279213

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