XCLN: Closing Client by Double-Clicking the System Menu

• Microsoft Exchange Windows 3.x client, versions 4.0 and 5.0
• Microsoft Exchange Windows NT client, versions 4.0 and 5.0
• Microsoft Exchange Windows 95 client, versions 4.0 and 5.0
• Microsoft Outlook 97

SYMPTOMS

When you close Microsoft Exchange by double-clicking the System menu or by choosing the Close command on the System menu, it is similar to choosing the Exit command from the File menu rather than the Exit And Log Off command.

As a result, the Microsoft Exchange Windows client closes, but the messaging application programming interface (MAPI) connection is left open.

CAUSE

This is by design. It prevents you from having to close all other messaging applications (for example, Schedule+ version 7.0) when the Microsoft Exchange window is closed.

WORKAROUND

If you use a Microsoft Exchange Client Extension, it is possible to change the default behavior to allow the Microsoft Exchange client to Exit And Log Off when it is closed using the System Menu. The extension would need to watch for the close menu being called and then exit and log off.

Please refer to the MAPI Software Development Kit (SDK) for more information on how to create Microsoft Exchange Client Extensions.