FileSendMail Command and MsgBox May Cause MAPI Error

ID: Q132912

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

If you use a message box statement (MsgBox) with the FileSendMail command in Word, you may receive the following error message:

   Microsoft Exchange Error:  MAPI Error:  Microsoft Word - 0 - (80010001)

CAUSE

The error is caused by a focus conflict between the two commands.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Word for Windows 95, version 7.0. Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Details of this MAPI error will show that Word caused an invalid page fault. As long as the error MAPI error message is on the screen, WordMail is tied up. Therefore, if you start Exchange, you will receive a "WordMail initialization failure" error in Exchange.

KBCategory: kbmacro buglist7.0 KBSubcategory: Additional reference words: word95 7.0 wordmail MAPI error message box word7 winword messagebox mail exchange wordbasic

Keywords          : kbmacro
Version           : 7.0
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: February 6, 1998