OL97: ReportItem.Body Returns Empty String

ID: Q231293

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Outlook 97

SYMPTOMS

You try to programmatically retrieve the contents of a delivery receipt, or ReportItem, but the Body property does not contain any information.

CAUSE

The information stored in the body of the ReportItem is not actually stored in the PR_BODY MAPI property. Outlook consolidates this information from various other MAPI properties and displays it in the main portion of the delivery receipt.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about creating solutions with Microsoft Outlook 97, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q166368 OL97: How to Get Help Programming with Outlook

Q170783 OL97: Q&A: Questions About Customizing or Programming Outlook

Additional query words: OutSol OutSol97

Keywords : kbdta
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug