OL98: "Fatal Error" Error Message When You Save an Item from a Read Event (269873)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Outlook 98

This article was previously published under Q269873

SYMPTOMS

If you implement the Read event in an Outlook custom form and then save the item within that event, you may receive a "Fatal Error" error message when you run your code.

RESOLUTION

If you cannot work around this problem by using the information in the "Workaround" section of this article, there is a hotfix available to resolve this problem. For additional information about how to obtain the hotfix for this problem, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

232590 XCLN: Microsoft Outlook Fails Opening Form w/Code in item_read()

NOTE: This hotfix is not available for Microsoft Outlook 2000.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, do not save the item in the Read event. Instead, try to redesign your solution accordingly. You can programmatically save the item in the Open event, but if someone changes any of the fields in the item by using a table view and the in-cell editing feature, only the Read event runs and this approach does not work.

STATUS

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

REFERENCES

For additional information about how to create solutions with Outlook, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

180826 OL98: Resources for Custom Forms and Programming

182349 OL98: Questions About Custom Forms and Outlook Solutions

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	10/22/2000
Keywords:	kbbug KB269873