Microsoft KB Archive/301088

= OFFXPDEV: Workflow Designer: modSystem Uses MDF and LDF Extensions, but Not DAT =

Article ID: 301088

Article Last Modified on 2/12/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office XP Developer Edition

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This article was previously published under Q301088





SYMPTOMS
The &quot;Upgrading from Access Workflow Designer for SQL Server&quot; Help topic includes a subtopic named &quot;Update or overwrite the modSystem database.&quot; This subtopic contains the following sentence:

Uninstall leaves the dat and log files for the modSystem database.

However, modSystem does not use .dat files: it uses .mdf files.



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



Steps to Reproduce the Behavior

 * 1) Install Microsoft Office XP Developer.
 * 2) Open Microsoft Office XP Developer Help.
 * 3) Locate the &quot;Upgrading from Access Workflow Designer for SQL Server&quot; topic. Locate the &quot;Update or overwrite the modSystem database&quot; subtopic. Note that this subtopic mentions .dat file extensions.
 * 4) Search the Workflow Server computer for modsystem.*. Note that the search returns modSystem.mdf and modSystem.ldf, but not modSystem.dat.

Additional query words: workflow designer dat modsystem ldf mdf doc online help upgrade

Keywords: kbbug kbdocerr kbnofix KB301088

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