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OL2000: DistListItem Doesn't Prompt to Save When Closed

Article ID: 224872

Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q224872

SYMPTOMS

You used the AddMembers method on a distribution list item, but Outlook does not prompt you to save changes when you programmatically close the distribution list.

CAUSE

All of the following conditions are true:

You did not display the distribution list item before using the AddMembers method. -and-

You did not use the Save method to explicitly save the distribution list. -and-

You used the Close method with the olPromptForSave constant.

RESOLUTION

This problem is fixed in Microsoft Outlook 2002. This problem has also been fixed for Outlook 2000. For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

273670 OL2000: Outlook Object Model Does Not Add or Remove Contacts

WORKAROUND

Use one of the following methods to work around this problem:

Use the DistListItem.Display method before using the AddMembers method.

-or-

Use the Save method to explicitly save the DistListItem.

-or-

Change another property of the DistListItem, such as the DLName, which will properly dirty the item so that it will save.

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

If the DistListItem object is not displayed on the screen, then the item is not dirtied when you use the AddMembers method. Therefore, Outlook does not prompt to save changes when the DistListItem is closed.

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Steps to Reproduce Problem

Enter the following subroutine in Microsoft Outlook Visual Basic for Applications:

Sub TestAddMembers()

   Dim myDLItem As DistListItem
   Dim myTempItem as MailItem
   Dim myTempRecipt As Recipients

   Set myDLItem = CreateItem(olDistributionListItem)
   Set myTempItem = CreateItem(olMailItem)
   Set myTempRecipt = myTempItem.Recipients

   ' Change to a resolvable name
   myTempRecipt.Add "username"

   myTempRecipt.ResolveAll

   myDlItem.AddMembers myTempRecipt

   myDLItem.Close olPromptForSave

End Sub

Run the TestAddMembers procedure.

You will not be prompted to save changes to the distribution list and the distribution list will not be saved in your Contacts folder.

REFERENCES

For additional information about available resources and answers to commonly asked questions about Microsoft Outlook 2000 solutions, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

146636 OL2000: Questions About Custom Forms and Outlook Solutions

Additional query words: OutSol OutSol2000 OL2K

Keywords: kbbug kbprogramming KB224872

Microsoft KB Archive/224872

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