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PC Forms: Err Msg: "Invalid Message" When Reading an E-Form

Article ID: 121316

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006

Microsoft Exchange Electronic Forms Designer 5.0, when used with:
- Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.0
- Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.2

This article was previously published under Q121316

SYMPTOMS

You may receive the following error message when you try to read an e-form message created with Microsoft Mail Electronic Forms Designer:

Invalid Message

CAUSE

This error can occur if the e-form message class declaration is incorrectly defined in the [Custom Messages] section of the MSMAIL.INI file.

RESOLUTION

For e-form messages to perform correctly, there must be a space between the <COMMAND> and <MESSAGEID> commands in the message class declaration. If the space is missing, the above error will occur when the e-form is read. The following is a correct example:

   IPM.Microsoft.MEFPhone=3.0;;Telephone
   Note;;C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MEFLIB.DLL;<MC:IPM.Microsoft.MEFPhone>C:\VB\EF
   MS\PROJECTS\PHONE\MEFPHONE.EXE -MSG <COMMAND> <MESSAGEID>;
   1111111000000000;Microsoft Sample Telephone Note;;;

Additional query words: 1.00 eforms

Keywords: KB121316