Office 2003 Service Pack 1 and BCM

I have skimmed through the description of the content of this SP - I cannot
find anything for BCM that has not been released before and that targets the
numerous stability issues with this application.

I hope I have been overlooking the numerous BCM-updates that MUST be in this
SP. Have I or is MS ignoring this app. and its customers using it?

Thorbjorn

Thorbjorn:

I installed SP1 and can confirm that there is certainly no functional
changes to BCM. MS may have fixed the forms cache problem, I don't know
yet.

I also am most anxious to hear *something* about the status of BCM - will
there be an update? If so, when? What things might be
fixed/addressed/improved etc.?

John

"Thorbjorn Sundboe" <tbar@replytonewsgroup.com> wrote in message
news:ulIWJTBdEHA.1652@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> I have skimmed through the description of the content of this SP - I
cannot
> find anything for BCM that has not been released before and that targets
the
> numerous stability issues with this application.
>
> I hope I have been overlooking the numerous BCM-updates that MUST be in
this
> SP. Have I or is MS ignoring this app. and its customers using it?
>
> Thorbjorn
>
>

I have been letting the MS error report generator run wild on all my
problems with BCM the last 9 months, posted in forums, sent MS extended
feedback. Almost had a non-paid part-time job with MS for this. To no avail
apparantly.

Thorbjorn

"John Christian" <jprchri@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:eDyApcBdEHA.592@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Thorbjorn:
>
> I installed SP1 and can confirm that there is certainly no functional
> changes to BCM. MS may have fixed the forms cache problem, I don't know
> yet.
>
> I also am most anxious to hear *something* about the status of BCM - will
> there be an update? If so, when? What things might be
> fixed/addressed/improved etc.?
>
> John
>
> "Thorbjorn Sundboe" <tbar@replytonewsgroup.com> wrote in message
> news:ulIWJTBdEHA.1652@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > I have skimmed through the description of the content of this SP - I
> cannot
> > find anything for BCM that has not been released before and that targets
> the
> > numerous stability issues with this application.
> >
> > I hope I have been overlooking the numerous BCM-updates that MUST be in
> this
> > SP. Have I or is MS ignoring this app. and its customers using it?
> >
> > Thorbjorn
> >
> >
>
>

The forms cache problem is the one BCM issue that definitely is supposed to
be fixed.

FWIW, Microsoft tries to avoid putting feature changes in SPs (but some
always slip in anyway). The exceptions this time are some significant
changes to OneNote and a small enhancement to the Outlook junk mail filter.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"John Christian" <jprchri@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:eDyApcBdEHA.592@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Thorbjorn:
>
> I installed SP1 and can confirm that there is certainly no functional
> changes to BCM. MS may have fixed the forms cache problem, I don't know
> yet.
>
> I also am most anxious to hear *something* about the status of BCM - will
> there be an update? If so, when? What things might be
> fixed/addressed/improved etc.?
>
> John
>
> "Thorbjorn Sundboe" <tbar@replytonewsgroup.com> wrote in message
> news:ulIWJTBdEHA.1652@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > I have skimmed through the description of the content of this SP - I
> cannot
> > find anything for BCM that has not been released before and that targets
> the
> > numerous stability issues with this application.
> >
> > I hope I have been overlooking the numerous BCM-updates that MUST be in
> this
> > SP. Have I or is MS ignoring this app. and its customers using it?
> >
> > Thorbjorn
> >
> >
>
>

Did you install the separate BCM SP1 from
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...DisplayLang=en?

Fixes (few) are listed at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=839881

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"Thorbjorn Sundboe" <tbar@replytonewsgroup.com> wrote in message
news:ulIWJTBdEHA.1652@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> I have skimmed through the description of the content of this SP - I
cannot
> find anything for BCM that has not been released before and that targets
the
> numerous stability issues with this application.
>
> I hope I have been overlooking the numerous BCM-updates that MUST be in
this
> SP. Have I or is MS ignoring this app. and its customers using it?
>
> Thorbjorn
>
>

Thanks for this info - I did overlook it.

I have now applied both SPs. The first time I opened an email in business
history after applying the SPs, I got the message "BCM has encountered a
problem and needs to close. Sorry for the inconvenience".

We are writing 2004 and progressing fast. Puhhh.

Thorbjorn


"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <suemvp@outlookcode.com> wrote in message
news:%23a2srGDdEHA.1424@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Did you install the separate BCM SP1 from
>
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...DisplayLang=en?
>
> Fixes (few) are listed at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=839881
>
> --
> Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
> Author of
> Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
> Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
> http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx
>
>
> "Thorbjorn Sundboe" <tbar@replytonewsgroup.com> wrote in message
> news:ulIWJTBdEHA.1652@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > I have skimmed through the description of the content of this SP - I
> cannot
> > find anything for BCM that has not been released before and that targets
> the
> > numerous stability issues with this application.
> >
> > I hope I have been overlooking the numerous BCM-updates that MUST be in
> this
> > SP. Have I or is MS ignoring this app. and its customers using it?
> >
> > Thorbjorn
> >
> >
>
>

What errors?

--
Patricia Cardoza
Outlook MVP
Author - Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Lead Author - Access 2003 VBA Programmer's Reference
Author - Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft OneNote 2003

http://blogs.officezealot.com/cardoza

"s!nergi media" <snergimedia@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A2AE750B-645B-43CB-869A-EBE03EB7CCEC@microsoft.com...
> I just applied the latest Office 2003 Service Pack that was released on
7/27 and now I cannot open any BCM related contacts or accounts without
errors popping up!
>
> Looks like I am the only one out here so far with this problem and will
have to reinstall the whole office suite to get rid of the patch (it has no
uninstall/removal)
>
> I hope it was me and not the patch!
>
> - mark
>
> "Thorbjorn Sundboe" wrote:
>
> > I have skimmed through the description of the content of this SP - I
cannot
> > find anything for BCM that has not been released before and that targets
the
> > numerous stability issues with this application.
> >
> > I hope I have been overlooking the numerous BCM-updates that MUST be in
this
> > SP. Have I or is MS ignoring this app. and its customers using it?
> >
> > Thorbjorn
> >
> >
> >

Fortunately I found a related post on the outlook-contacts board that suggested clearing the forms cache and that seems to have done the trick. all clear for now, only lost 2 hours of work fighting with it.

- mark

"Patricia Cardoza [Outlook MVP]" wrote:

> What errors?
>
> --
> Patricia Cardoza
> Outlook MVP
> Author - Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
> Lead Author - Access 2003 VBA Programmer's Reference
> Author - Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft OneNote 2003
>
> http://blogs.officezealot.com/cardoza
>
> "s!nergi media" <snergimedia@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A2AE750B-645B-43CB-869A-EBE03EB7CCEC@microsoft.com...
> > I just applied the latest Office 2003 Service Pack that was released on
> 7/27 and now I cannot open any BCM related contacts or accounts without
> errors popping up!
> >
> > Looks like I am the only one out here so far with this problem and will
> have to reinstall the whole office suite to get rid of the patch (it has no
> uninstall/removal)
> >
> > I hope it was me and not the patch!
> >
> > - mark
> >
> > "Thorbjorn Sundboe" wrote:
> >
> > > I have skimmed through the description of the content of this SP - I
> cannot
> > > find anything for BCM that has not been released before and that targets
> the
> > > numerous stability issues with this application.
> > >
> > > I hope I have been overlooking the numerous BCM-updates that MUST be in
> this
> > > SP. Have I or is MS ignoring this app. and its customers using it?
> > >
> > > Thorbjorn
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>