Dbview Fails to Display SNA Server 4.0 Message Database

• Microsoft SNA Server, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

After you install the Dbview utility from the Microsoft SNA Server version 4.0 CD (by running Dbview.exe from the Docs\Msgdb folder), when you attempt to open a message database file (either Snamsg.mdb or Comtimsg.mdb), the following error message appears:

Sorry, this control has expired. Please obtain a newer version.

CAUSE

The Dbview utility was built with a control that expired in January 1998, which causes the failure to occur.

WORKAROUND

The Dbview utility will work if the local machine date is set to 1997 or earlier.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SNA Server version 4.0. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for SNA Server version 4.0. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbbug4.00
Version : WINDOWS:4.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug