Response text does not appear in Outlook or in Outlook Web Access when you accept or decline a meeting request by using CDO with Exchange Server 2003 (842020)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you programmatically accept or decline a meeting request by using Collaboration Data Objects (CDO), the response text does not appear in the body of the message when the organizer opens the meeting response in Microsoft Outlook or in Microsoft Outlook Web Access.

CAUSE

Setting the appt.ResponseText property does not modify the urn:schemas:httpmail:textdescription field in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, set the appt.TextBody property instead of the appt.ResponseText property in the CDO code to respond to a meeting request.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about a similar problem in Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

816847 Response text does not appear in Outlook Web Access when you decline or accept a meeting request by using Collaboration Data Objects

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:11/10/2005
Keywords:kbtshoot kbnofix kbBug KB842020 kbAudITPRO
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