OL2000: Recurring Appointments Display with <No Subject> After Upgrade

ID: Q234667

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Outlook 2000

SYMPTOMS

After upgrading to Outlook 2000, you may see recurring appointments in your Calendar with Subject field entries of <No Subject>. Additionally, the text of the Subject field as it appeared with the previous version of Outlook is displayed in the Notes body at the bottom of the Appointment form.

RESOLUTION

Copy the text from the Notes body to the Subject field and save the appointment.

MORE INFORMATION

If you have a large number of appointments with Subject fields which appear in the manner described in the "Symptoms" section, the following macro will automate the process of correcting the Subject field.

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To create a macro to to correct the Subject field display in appointments, follow these steps:

On the Tools menu, click Macro, and then click Visual Basic Editor.

In the Project window, click the plus sign (+) to expand the Project object and the Microsoft Outlook Objects, and then double-click ThisOutlookSession.

In the Code window at the right, type the following text:


Sub CalFix()
Dim objFolder
Set objFolder = Application.Session.PickFolder
For Each Item In objFolder.Items
    Item.Subject = Item.Body
    Item.Body = ""
    Item.Save
Next
MsgBox "Done"
End Sub

To run the macro, on the Run menu, click Run Sub/UserForm.

In Select Folder, click to select the Calendar folder containing the appointments to be repaired and then click OK.

A message box displaying Done will appear when the Subject fields have been repaired.

Additional query words: OL2K

Keywords : kbdta
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb