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Q314821: FIX: Exception Error With For…Each Reference to Outlook Folder

Article: Q314821
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): 7.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbAutomation kbCOMt kbGrpDSFox kbDSupport kbvfp700 _IK283
Last Modified: 22-FEB-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 7.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you use a Visual FoxPro (VFP) For...Each loop to automatically iterate
through a Microsoft Outlook folder collection, the following error message
appears and VFP closes.

  Fatal error: Exception code=C0000005

RESOLUTION
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To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Visual FoxPro for
Windows 7.0. For additional information, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q316964 How to Obtain the Latest Visual FoxPro for Windows 7.0 Service Pack

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Visual FoxPro for
Windows 7.0. This problem was first corrected in Visual FoxPro for Windows 7.0
Service Pack 1.

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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Save the following code in a program (.prg) file and then run the program. Note
that you must have Microsoft Outlook 2000 or later installed on your computer.

  CLEAR
  LOCAL loOutlook as Outlook.Application, ;
  	loNameSpace as Object, ;
  	loFolder as Object, ;
  	loSelFolder as Object, ;
  	loSubFolder as Object, ;
  	loMsgs as Object

  loOutlook = CREATEOBJECT('Outlook.Application')
  loNameSpace = loOutlook.GetNameSpace("MAPI")
  loFolder = NULL
  loSelFolder = NULL
  loSubFolder = NULL
  loMsgs = NULL

  FOR EACH loFolder IN loNameSpace.Folders
  	FOR EACH loSubFolder IN loFolder.Folders
  		IF ALLTRIM(loSubFolder.NAME) == "Inbox"
  			loSelFolder = loSubFolder
  			EXIT
  		ENDIF
  	ENDFOR
  	IF !ISNULL(loSelFolder)
  		EXIT
  	ENDIF
  ENDFOR

  IF VARTYPE(loSelFolder) == "O"
  	loMsgs = loSelFolder.Items
  	? "You have " + TRANSFORM(loMsgs.Count) + ;
                " message in your Outlook InBox"
  ENDIF

  loOutlook.Quit
  RELEASE ALL

After you install Visual FoxPro 7.0 Service Pack 1, the program runs successfully
and the number of items in your Outlook Inbox prints to the screen.

Additional query words: kbVFP700sp1fix

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Keywords          : kbAutomation kbCOMt kbGrpDSFox kbDSupport kbvfp700 _IK283 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP700
Version           : :7.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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