BUG:IOleObject::IsUpToDate Returns Wrong Value for Manual Link

 Last reviewed: May 17, 1995
Article ID: Q111655
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft OLE Libraries for Windows and Win32s, version 2.01
  • Microsoft OLE Libraries, included with: 

        - Microsoft Windows NT, versions 3.5 and 3.51
    - Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

To determine whether an OLE link needs to be updated, an OLE 2.0 container application needs to call IOleObject::IsUpToDate. If this method returns S_FALSE, the link needs to be updated; otherwise, the link can be considered up to date. However, calling IOleObject::IsUpToDate on a manual link while the link server is not running results in an a return value of S_FALSE, even if the link is current. The result of this is that OLE 2.0 container applications may update links unnecessarily.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional reference words: 2.01 3.50 4.00
KBCategory: kbole kbbuglist
KBSubcategory: LeTwoLnk

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Last reviewed: May 17, 1995
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