Microsoft KB Archive/937162

= Description of SharePoint Designer 2007 Service Pack 1 =

Article ID: 937162

Article Last Modified on 12/12/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007

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SUMMARY
Microsoft has released a service pack for Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007. This article contains information about how to obtain the service pack and about how to obtain a list of issues that the service pack fixes. Additionally, this article contains information about the issues that you may experience when you install the service pack and about how to determine whether the service pack is installed.



INTRODUCTION
Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) contains significant security improvements, stability improvements, and performance improvements. Some fixes that are included with SharePoint Designer 2007 SP1 were previously released in separate updates. SharePoint Designer 2007 SP1 combines the previously released fixes into one update.



Downloadable list of issues that the service pack fixes
A Microsoft Office Excel workbook is available that contains a list of the SharePoint Designer 2007 issues that are fixed by SharePoint Designer 2007 SP1.

Note The workbook is in English. The workbook will not be translated into any other languages.

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Download the 2007 Office Servers Service Pack 1 Changes_all.xls package now.

Download the Office 2007 Service Pack 1 Changes_all.xls package now.

Release Date: December 11, 2007

For more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

119591 How to obtain Microsoft support files from online services

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Issues that the service pack fixes
SharePoint Designer 2007 SP1 fixes the following issue that was not previously documented in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.

You cannot update a field in SharePoint Designer 2007 when the date format of a Web site is set to DD/MM/YY

Consider the following scenario. The date format of a Web site is set to  in SharePoint Designer 2007. Additionally, there is a date field in the DataFormWebPart row. In this scenario, you cannot update other fields in the DataFormWebPart row. If the day of the month is the twelfth or before the twelfth, an incorrect date is saved to the database. If the day of the month is after the twelfth, you receive an error message.

Security bulletins that are associated with the service pack
SharePoint Designer 2007 SP1 addresses the issues that are described in the following Microsoft Security Bulletins:

936960 Description of the security update for the 2007 Microsoft Office system: August 14, 2007

936514 Description of the security update for the 2007 Office system and for the Compatibility Pack for the 2007 Office system: July 10, 2007

934062 Description of the security update for the 2007 Office system: May 8, 2007

Earlier released updates that the service pack includes
SharePoint Designer 2007 SP1 includes the following earlier released updates:

934391 Description of the update for the 2007 Office programs: May 18, 2007

934393 Description of the update for the 2007 Office system: May 8, 2007

932080 Description of the update for the 2007 Office programs: April 9, 2007

Known issues that occur during the installation of the service pack
942101 You receive an error message when you try to apply any of the 2007 Office Service Pack 1 packages on a computer that is running Windows XP Service Pack 2

Known issues that may occur after the service pack is installed
942995 You are prompted unexpectedly to restart the computer after you install a 2007 Office service pack or a 2007 Office update

How to obtain and to install SharePoint Designer 2007 SP1
SharePoint Designer 2007 SP1 is located at the Microsoft Download Center. To download this service pack and to obtain installation instructions and deployment strategies, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=B57C805D-2821-4625-A6F1-80725267F887&displaylang=en

How to obtain and to install SharePoint Designer Language Pack 2007 SP1
For complete SharePoint Designer 2007 functionality, install Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer Language Pack 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) if you use SharePoint Designer Language Pack 2007. To download SharePoint Designer Language Pack 2007 SP1, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8D72B284-24F7-4CFB-9D22-D2A2651D4734&displaylang=en

Removal information
You cannot use the Add or Remove Programs item in Control Panel to remove this service pack. To remove SharePoint Designer 2007 SP1 from the computer, you must remove SharePoint Designer 2007. Then, reinstall SharePoint Designer 2007 by using the original SharePoint Designer 2007 CD. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

873125 You cannot remove service packs for Office 2003 products or 2007 Office products

How to determine whether the service pack is installed for SharePoint Designer 2007
The service pack contains files that have the following properties.

How to determine whether the service pack is installed for SharePoint Designer Language Pack 2007
The service pack contains files that have the following properties.

SharePointDesignerMUIsp1-en-us.msp
Note You do not have to install the service pack if you have a later version of these files.

To determine whether these files are installed, follow these steps:
 * 1) Start Search Companion. To do this, click Start, and then click Search.

Note If Windows Desktop Search starts, click Click here to use Search Companion.
 * 1) In the Search Results window, click All files and folders in the Search Companion pane.
 * 2) In the All or part of the file name box, type the name of the file, and then click Search.
 * 3) In the list of files, right-click the file that is found, and then click Properties.
 * 4) On the General and Version tabs, examine the file properties of the file that is installed on the computer.

SharePoint Designer 2007 SP1
The administrative service pack consists of a full-file Microsoft Windows Installer file (.msp file). The .msp file is packaged in a self-extracting executable file.

The following .msp files are distributed in SharePoint Designer 2007 SP1.

SharePoint Designer Language Pack 2007 SP1
The administrative service pack consists of a full-file Microsoft Windows Installer file (.msp file). The .msp file is packaged in a self-extracting executable file.

The following .msp files are distributed in SharePoint Designer Language Pack 2007 SP1.

Features for reinstalling specific components for administrators
If you update your administrative installation point, and then you recache and reinstall SharePoint Designer 2007 on client computers, you can run a command line that includes the REINSTALL=[ ] property. This property specifies whether you want to reinstall specific components of SharePoint Designer 2007 from the administrative image. For SharePoint Designer 2007 SP1, the value for [ ] is as follows:

REINSTALL=ALL

For detailed procedures that describe how to distribute product updates for the 2007 Microsoft Office system, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/2ce70869-aa75-4a73-9c9b-8b74001f1c3c1033.mspx

The Office System TechCenter contains the latest administrative updates and strategic deployment resources for all versions of Microsoft Office. For more information about the Office System TechCenter, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/bb267346.aspx

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