OL2002: Programmatically Inserted Attachment Has Blank Icon and No Text (820733)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Outlook 2002

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Outlook Object Model in Outlook 2002 to insert two attachments in a Rich Text Format e-mail message, move one of the attachments to a different position in the message body of the e-mail, and then use more Outlook Object Model code to insert another attachment, the new attachment's icon is blank and the icon is missing it's caption text.

CAUSE

This problem occurs if you programmatically insert at least one of the e-mail message attachments as an .msg extension message.

RESOLUTION

Service Pack Information

This problem is corrected in Office XP Service Pack 3.To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

307841 How to obtain the latest Office XP Service Pack

Hotfix Information

A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next Microsoft Office XP service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site: Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

The global version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.
   Date         Time   Size       File name
   --------------------------------------------
   17-May-2003  06:05  3,253,748  Outlookop.msp  (Client Update)
   17-May-2003  08:28  6,988,492  Outlookff.msp  (Full File Update)
				
After the hotfix is installed, the following files will have the listed attributes or later:
   Date         Time   Version      Size       File name
   --------------------------------------------------------
   20-Dec-2002  00:41  10.0.4817.0    109,128  Envelope.dll     
   09-Jan-2003  22:31  10.0.4907.0    346,696  Exsec32.dll      
   09-Aug-2002  03:22  10.0.4406.0    137,800  Impmail.dll      
   28-Feb-2003  01:56  10.0.5025.0    543,304  Outlcm.dll       
   14-Mar-2003  07:55  10.0.5112.0    100,936  Outlctl.dll      
   16-May-2003  18:43  10.0.5313.0  6,318,664  Outllib.dll      
   11-Oct-2002  22:14  10.0.4608.0     92,744  Outlmime.dll     
   16-May-2003  18:43  10.0.5313.0     47,688  Outlook.exe      
   22-Mar-2003  03:06  10.0.5119.0    121,416  Outlph.dll  
				
This fix is a post-Office XP Service Pack 2 (SP-2) fix. To install the fix, you must have Office XP SP-2 installed. For additional information about Office XP SP-2, click the following article number to see the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

325671 OFFXP: Overview of the Office XP Service Pack 2

Additionally, you may have to install Windows Installer 2.0 to install this fix. For additional information about the Windows Installer requirement for post-Office XP SP-2 fixes, click the following article number to see the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

330537 OFFXP: Office XP Updates and Patches Released After September 2002 May Require Windows Installer 2.0


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. : This problem was first corrected in Office XP Service Pack 3.

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:4/7/2006
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