Microsoft KB Archive/166262

= OL97: Visual Basic Script Editor Has 32 KB Limit =

Article ID: 166262

Article Last Modified on 8/28/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q166262



SYMPTOMS
When you type a large number of lines of code into the Visual Basic Script Editor in Microsoft Outlook 97, you eventually cannot type any more characters; the Editor does not accept the keystrokes.



CAUSE
The Visual Basic Script Editor can store a maximum of 32 KB of text. Any text beyond 32 KB will not be accepted by the editor.



RESOLUTION
This is a limitation of the Visual Basic Script Editor which shipped with Outlook 97. Microsoft provides a Visual Basic Script Editor Patch that does not have this limitation.

More information about the Visual Basic Script Editor Patch and how you can obtain it, is available on the Microsoft Internet site at:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/166262

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http://www.microsoft.com/



MORE INFORMATION
At an average of 25 characters per line of code, you will not reach the 32 KB limit until you enter over 1000 lines of code.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Outlook 97 for Windows. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Outlook 97 version 8.02 for Windows.

Keywords: kbcode kbpatch KB166262

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