Microsoft KB Archive/176338

= PRB: Executing .Fetch of the VB5 MSMAPI32.OCX Can Hang VB =

Article ID: 176338

Article Last Modified on 1/11/2001

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Enterprise Edition

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This article was previously published under Q176338



SYMPTOMS
An application using the MSMAPI32.OCX MAPIMessages Control (version 5.00.3721) may hang when the .Fetch method of the control is called.



CAUSE
The messaging subsystem of your Operating System may be too outdated to use this control successfully.

The most common occurrence of this problem is where the customer has installed the Exchange 4 client from the original release media of Windows 95.



RESOLUTION
To resolve the problem, you can install the Windows Messaging System (WMS).

If the problem is on Windows 95, WMS can be installed from ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES. The target file is called EXUPDUSA.EXE. This will update the messaging subsystem (MAPI DLL files) on the problematic system.

If the problem is on another platform, you can obtain the appropriate WMS from ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/developr/MAPI/WMS_RDST. The README.TXT file in that directory provides information on what file to download for operating system as well as installation instructions.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.



MORE INFORMATION
This article is not applicable if the problematic system has (or previously had) any version of Outlook or the Exchange client version 5 or higher installed.

Additional query words: kbVBp500 kbVBp kbDSupport KBDSE kbVBp600 kbMAPI

Keywords: kbprb KB176338

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