Body property limited to 64 KB on Windows 9x (292452)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Outlook 2002
This article was previously published under Q292452

SYMPTOMS

You have an item that stores a large amount of text in the Message or Notes field, and when you programmatically access the data using the Outlook object model, only part of the data is retrieved.

CAUSE

This is a limitation of using Outlook on a computer running Microsoft Windows 98 or Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (ME).

NOTE: Outlook 2002 is not supported on Microsoft Windows 95.

RESOLUTION

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

  • Use the Microsoft Windows NT or Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system. This limitation does not exist on those operating systems.

    -or-
  • Redesign the Outlook form solution to ensure that there is always less than 64 KB of text data in the Message or Notes field.

MORE INFORMATION

Assume for example, that you have 65 KB of data in the Message field of a mail message. The Message field is equivalent to the Body property in the Outlook object model. If you reference the Body property, the length will be 1 KB and the text returned will be the first 1 KB of the 65 KB that is actually there.

REFERENCES

For additional information about available resources and answersto commonly asked questions about Microsoft Outlook solutions, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

287530 OL2002: Questions About Custom Forms and Outlook Solutions

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:3/1/2005
Keywords:kbDSWNET2003Swept kbprb KB292452
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