Microsoft Market Sample: Error Occurs During Purchase if Your Registered Name is Blank (242353)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Site Server 3.0 Commerce Edition

This article was previously published under Q242353

SYMPTOMS

When attempting to make a purchase in the Microsoft Market sample site, the following error message appears:

# :-2147467259,[Microsoft Market]Component Execution failed for component[0x4] hr: 0x80004005 ProgID: Commerce.MakePO.1 Commerce Server Page Generator Runtime Error Type mismatch: 'PageGen.StringToAdd' File: D:\Inetpub\wwwroot\Market\config\POFileTemplate.txt Line: 39");

CAUSE

There is no value in the Name field of the registered user who is making the purchase.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, reregister providing a value in the Name field.

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Browse the Microsoft Market sample site (http://ServerName/market/).
Click Register me now!!!.
On the Registration Page, type information in all fields except the Name field, and then click Register User.
Select an item and then make a purchase.

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	6/30/2004
Keywords:	kbprb KB242353