PC Win: Update Message when Closing Unfinished OLE Object

• Microsoft Mail for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b, and 3.2

SYMPTOMS

In version 3.0, 3.0b, or 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for Windows, if you exit while composing a note containing an unfinished object linking and embedding (OLE) object (where Mail is the client document and the OLE server is open and no update has been done) you see the standard OLE "Do you want to update..." message even when the note being composed is not the current active window.

CAUSE

Applications such as Microsoft Word for Windows use only one type of active window, but Mail for Windows uses several types. With Mail, it is possible to have active Send Note windows, Message Finder windows, and the Message Center Viewer window. Normally, if you try to close an application with an unfinished OLE object in a window that is not active, the application switches to the window with the OLE object and prompts you to update. When you close Mail with an unfinished OLE object in a Send Note window, Mail prompts you to update the object regardless of which window is the current active window.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in versions 3.0, 3.0b, and 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for Windows. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.