FIX: Exception Error When You Use For...Each Loop to Iterate Through Outlook Folder Collection (314821)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 7.0
This article was previously published under Q314821

SYMPTOMS

When you use a Visual FoxPro (VFP) For...Each loop to automatically iterate through a Microsoft Outlook folder collection, the following error message appears and VFP closes.
Fatal error: Exception code=C0000005

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Visual FoxPro for Windows 7.0. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

316964 How to Obtain the Latest Visual FoxPro for Windows 7.0 Service Pack

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 7.0. This problem was first corrected in Visual FoxPro for Windows 7.0 Service Pack 1.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Save the following code in a program (.prg) file and then run the program. Note that you must have Microsoft Outlook 2000 or later installed on your computer. 
CLEAR
LOCAL loOutlook as Outlook.Application, ;
	loNameSpace as Object, ;
	loFolder as Object, ;
	loSelFolder as Object, ;
	loSubFolder as Object, ;
	loMsgs as Object

loOutlook = CREATEOBJECT('Outlook.Application')
loNameSpace = loOutlook.GetNameSpace("MAPI")
loFolder = NULL
loSelFolder = NULL
loSubFolder = NULL
loMsgs = NULL

FOR EACH loFolder IN loNameSpace.Folders
	FOR EACH loSubFolder IN loFolder.Folders
		IF ALLTRIM(loSubFolder.NAME) == "Inbox"
			loSelFolder = loSubFolder
			EXIT
		ENDIF
	ENDFOR
	IF !ISNULL(loSelFolder)
		EXIT
	ENDIF
ENDFOR

IF VARTYPE(loSelFolder) == "O"
	loMsgs = loSelFolder.Items
	? "You have " + TRANSFORM(loMsgs.Count) + ;
              " message in your Outlook InBox"
ENDIF

loOutlook.Quit
RELEASE ALL
After you install Visual FoxPro 7.0 Service Pack 1, the program runs successfully and the number of items in your Outlook Inbox prints to the screen.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:2/22/2002
Keywords:kbAutomation kbbug kbDSupport KB314821
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