Article ID: 262043
Article Last Modified on 1/27/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Outlook 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q262043
SYMPTOMS
After you republish a Microsoft Outlook custom form, you may receive the following error message when you use the form:
When you receive this error message, Outlook does not quit and you must use the Microsoft Windows Task Manager to close the program.
CAUSE
You used the Forms Manager to copy an updated version of a custom form from a folder or your Personal Forms Library to the Organizational Forms Library.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, do not use the Forms Manager to update forms in the Organizational Forms Library. Instead, directly publish the form. To publish the form, click the Tools menu in a form, point to Forms, and then click Publish Form.
To fix the problem after you use the Forms Manager to update the form:
- Use the Forms Manager to delete the form from the Organizational Forms Library.
- Open the form on your computer.
- On the File menu, click Publish Form As.
- Click Publish In, and then click Organizational Forms Library.
- Name the form, and then click Publish.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
This problem was corrected in Microsoft Outlook 2002.
MORE INFORMATION
To access the Forms Manager, click Options on the Tools menu, click Advanced Options on the Other tab, click Custom Forms, and then click Manage Forms. You can then click the Set buttons to choose a forms library.
REFERENCES
For additional information about creating solutions with Microsoft Outlook, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
166368 How to get help programming with Outlook
170783 Questions about customizing or programming Outlook
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