Outlook stops responding when a late bound object calls the GoToDate method (305120)

SUMMARY

The Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 object model and the Microsoft Outlook 2002 object model include a hidden GoToDate method. This method makes the Calendar display a specific date. There is a known problem with this method in the base versions of Outlook 2002 and Outlook 2003. Therefore, the GoToDate method is not supported unless you install Outlook 2002 Service Pack 3 or Outlook 2003 Service Pack 1.

MORE INFORMATION

The implementation of this method in the base versions of Outlook 2002 and Outlook 2003 causes Outlook to stop responding if the View object is late bound. Because Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) uses late binding, this problem occurs if you use VBScript to call this method. This problem is fixed in Outlook 2002 Service Pack 3 and Outlook 2003 Service Pack 1. For more information about these service packs, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

827137 Description of the Outlook 2002 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: August 22, 2003

872839 Issues that are fixed in Outlook 2003 by Office 2003 Service Pack 1

Note The GoToDate method is unintentionally documented in the Outlook 2002 Visual Basic Reference Help file (Vbaol10.chm). The documentation for this method was removed in Outlook 2003 because the GoToDate method was not supported when Outlook 2003 was released. Generally, Microsoft does not support hidden members of object libraries. However, the GoToDate method is supported in Outlook 2002 and Outlook 2003 if you install the service packs that are described earlier.

For more information about the GoToDate method, visit the following Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vbaol10/html/olmthGoToDate.asp