====================================================================== Microsoft(R) Product Support Services Application Note (Text File) WA0899: MICROSOFT MAIL FOR WINDOWS(TM) AB.DLL VERSION 3.2.0.4048 UPDATE ====================================================================== Revision Date: 6/94 1 Disk Included The following information applies to Microsoft Mail for PC Networks, version 3.2. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS DOCUMENT AND ANY SOFTWARE THAT MAY | | ACCOMPANY THIS DOCUMENT (collectively referred to as an Application | | Note) IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER | | EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED | | WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR | | PURPOSE. The user assumes the entire risk as to the accuracy and | | the use of this Application Note. This Application Note may be | | copied and distributed subject to the following conditions: 1) All | | text must be copied without modification and all pages must be | | included; 2) If software is included, all files on the disk(s) | | must be copied without modification (the MS-DOS(R) utility | | diskcopy is appropriate for this purpose); 3) All components of | | this Application Note must be distributed together; and 4) This | | Application Note may not be distributed for profit. | | | | Copyright (C) 1993-1994 Microsoft Corporation. All RightsReserved. | | Microsoft and MS-DOS are registered trademarks and Windows is a | | trademark of Microsoft Corporation. | |---------------------------------------------------------------------| INTRODUCTION ============ The disk provided with this Application Note contains AB.DLL, a replacement for the AB.DLL file that is included with version 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for PC Networks. This update includes the following modification: - If you use the Name Finder option of the address book to find a set of names that match only a given prefix, and if no matches to that prefix are found, an error dialog box is displayed. Until you choose the OK button to close the dialog box, the GAL.NME file remains open. If the dialog box stays up for an extended amount of time (for example, overnight), directory synchronization (Dir-Sync) cannot update the GAL.NME file and an ''Error 203'' message results. To update your AB.DLL file -------------------------- 1. Insert the enclosed WA0899 disk in your floppy disk drive. 2. At the MS-DOS command prompt, type the following and press ENTER copy :\ab.dll where is the floppy disk drive containing the WA0899 disk and is the drive and directory where your AB.DLL file currently resides. For example, if your AB.DLL file is located in the MAILEXE directory on drive C and the WA0899 disk is in drive A, type the following command: copy a:\ab.dll c:\mailexe A message will be displayed stating: 1 file(s) copied. This indicates that your AB.DLL file has been successfully replaced. 3. At the MS-DOS command prompt, type the following and press ENTER copy \setup.inf \setupinf.old where is the complete path to the directory containing the Microsoft Mail for Windows SETUP.EXE program. For example, if SETUP.EXE is located in the MAILEXE directory on drive C, type the following command: copy c:\mailexe\setup.inf c:\mailexe\setupinf.old A message will be displayed stating: 1 file(s) copied. This indicates that your SETUP.INF file has been successfully copied. 4. Using any text editor, edit the SETUP.INF file. In the [MsMail System] section, replace the following line 1, ab.dll,,,, 1993-03-09, !DECOMPRESS,, OLDER, !READONLY ,,,,, SHARED, 97600,,,, 3.2.0.4027, with: 1, ab.dll,,,, 1993-08-09, !DECOMPRESS,, OLDER, !READONLY ,,,,, SHARED, 97600,,,, 3.2.0.4048, Save the file and close the text editor. NOTE: For these changes to affect the entire network, each existing user must run Setup again.