OFF97: Document Routing API Exposed by Office 97 Truncates Unicode Characters

ID: Q120783

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Office 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you are using the Microsoft Office Compatible API function to enable document routing, you may see occurrences of Unicode character truncation in character sets, such as, Kanji, Chinese, and Korean.

CAUSE

There is a problem in one of the API calls exposed by MSOC.dll. Microsoft Office 97 does not use the MSOC.dll API; therefore, it does not exhibit this problem.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the following fix or wait for the next Office 97 service release.

This fix should have the following time stamp:


   06/12/98   06:43p   86,016   Msoc.dll

There are no localized versions of MSOC.dll. This MSOC.dll serves the purpose for all localized versions of Office 97.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Office 97 Service Release 1 (SR-1).

A supported fix is now available, but has not been fully regression-tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem. Unless you are severely impacted by this specific problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next Service Pack that contains this fix. Contact Microsoft Technical Support for more information.

MORE INFORMATION

The Microsoft Office Compatible API is a set of API functions for use by Third-party software developers to incorporate some features of Microsoft Office into their applications. To use the Microsoft compatible API, you must have a third party application written to the MSOC.dll API, such as Visio Standard or Visio Professional from Visio Corporation. You may also write a custom application to use the MSOC.dll. See the Microsoft Developers Network for more information.

Additional query words: application programming interface


Keywords          : kbprg kbconversion 
Version           : Windows: 97
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: June 2, 1999