Article ID: 137130
Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Publisher 3.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Publisher 2.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q137130
SYMPTOMS
If you try to open a publication created in Microsoft Publisher for Windows, version 1.0, in a later version of Publisher running under Windows 95, and that publication contains linked Paintbrush objects, you will get the following error message:
After you click OK to get past this message, the publication will open, but all of the Paintbrush objects will appear as empty OLE frames.
CAUSE
The version of Paintbrush that ships with Microsoft Windows 95 implements OLE very differently from the versions of Paintbrush that ship with Microsoft Windows 3.x and Microsoft Windows NT Workstation.
WORKAROUND
Method 1: Paste the Image as a Metafile
If you have Publisher 1.0 on your system, you can open the publication in that version of Publisher. You can then cut the Paintbrush objects, choose Paste Special, and choose Metafile from the list of formats to paste. If you save the publication and open it in a later version of Publisher, the objects will appear correctly.
Method 2: Try Opening the Publication on a Different OS
If you don't have Publisher 1.0 on your system, you can try opening the publication on a computer running Windows 3.x or Windows NT Workstation (Publisher for Windows 95 will run on Windows NT version 3.51). You can then cut the Paintbrush objects and paste them as bitmaps.
NOTE: For this to work, you must copy not only the publication but also the Paintbrush files to the Windows 3.x or Windows NT computer.
STATUS
Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
Additional query words: 2.00 2.00a pub20 pub20a pub95 pub3 mspub pub97 w_mspub
Keywords: kberrmsg kbinterop kbprb KB137130
