Microsoft KB Archive/840740

= FIX: &quot;Exception caught: Object reference not set to an instance of an object&quot; error message when you compile a large map in BizTalk Server 2004 =

Article ID: 840740

Article Last Modified on 6/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 Partner Edition
 * Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 Standard Edition

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SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004, you may receive the following error message when you try to compile a large map:

Exception Caught: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.



Service pack information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

888751 How to obtain the latest BizTalk Server 2004 service pack

Hotfix information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) 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.   Date        Time    Version     Size       File name --  01-Apr-2004  02:31  3.0.5267.0    676,864  Btsxmltools.dll 01-Apr-2004 02:57  3.0.5267.0    274,432  Microsoft.biztalk.basefunctoids.dll 01-Apr-2004 02:57  3.0.5267.0     45,056  Microsoft.biztalk.crossreferencing.dll 01-Apr-2004 02:57  3.0.5267.0     40,960  Microsoft.biztalk.crossreferencingfunctoids.dll 01-Apr-2004 02:57  3.0.5267.0    249,856  Microsoft.biztalk.mapper.dll 01-Apr-2004 02:57  3.0.5267.0  1,114,112  Microsoft.biztalk.tom.dll

Note Because of file dependencies, the most recent hotfix that contains these files may also contain additional files.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.

This problem was corrected in BizTalk Server 2004 Service Pack 1.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information about the terminology that is used to describe Microsoft product updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

Keywords: kbbiztalk2004-2006swept kbbiztalk2004sp1fix kberrmsg kbfix kbbug kbhotfixserver kbqfe KB840740

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