PPT2000: Debug Errors When You Try to View a Slide Sent as E-mail (264261)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
This article was previously published under Q264261 SYMPTOMS
When you receive a slide that was sent as an e-mail message, any animations that it has do not work. Also, you may receive the following error when you open the message:
A Runtime Error has occurred.
Do you wish to Debug?
Line: Line_number
Error: 'gid' is undefined
If you click No and then try to move or resize the e-mail message, you may receive the following error
A Runtime Error has occurred.
Do you wish to Debug?
Line: Line_number
Error: Object expected
where Line_number is the line number on which the error occurs in the message.
CAUSE
This behavior occurs if you have installed the Outlook
E-mail Security Update. The Outlook E-mail Security Update
provides additional levels of protection against malicious
e-mail messages. The update changes the way that
Outlook handles attachments and the way that Outlook
can be controlled programmatically.
For additional information about
this update, please see one of the following articles
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base, depending on which
version of Outlook you have:
262631 OL2000: Information About the Outlook E-mail Security Update
262617 OL98: Information About the Outlook E-mail Security Update
When PowerPoint sends a single slide as an e-mail message, it includes a script.js file attachment to automatically resize the slide image and to run any slide animations that have been applied to the slide. The Outlook E-mail Security Update prevents this script from running.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 9/3/2002 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug KB264261 |
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