Symptom Managed code solutions that use classes from the System.Data or System.Xml name may encounter a System.OutOfMemoryException when working with large datasets, XML files, or repeated operations that involve hundreds of (xml) object serialization calls from standardized components. The exception...

Summary When you build a Microsoft Office SharePoint (MOSS) server farm and configure it for load balancing, you may be unable to open Office documents for edit access (collaboration) if you are using a Cisco Content Server Switch (CSS) with Layer 5 content rules applied. From the client, you may...

Symptoms If you create a document library in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) with a custom column of a Date/Time data type, and you store Office 2007 (Open XML) documents in that library, if the files are opened, edited and then saved back to the SharePoint library using Office XP or Office...

Summary Office 2007 introduced new file formats for common document types (Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations), and has standardized on new MIME types for each new format. The following information is provided to document the new MIME types and their proper use in HTTP...

Summary ActiveX Controls used in core Office Applications (such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Visio) are bound using ITypeInfo from an associated type library (*.tlb) and extender library (*.exd) when created or loaded inside a document or macro dialog form (VBA UserForm). VBA enables programmability...

Summary When calling ShellExecute to open of Office document from Internet Explorer, the call will fail with a “File not Found” error if Protected Mode is turned on. The problem occurs after installing Office 2007 Service Pack 1 on Windows Vista. Cause Internet Explorer Protected mode is available...

Problem When you attempt to copy an OLE object or ActiveX Control (OCX) from an Office application in a remote Terminal Server session and then paste it into a local application on the client machine, you will only get a static representation of the data (typically a WMF metafile) instead of the OLE...

Summary As part of the change for default file formats in Microsoft Office 2007, ActiveX Controls (OCX) saved by Office applications will be asked to save themselves using IPersistPropertyBag, where the property bag being used is a text-only storage medium. This allows Office to persist the control...

Summary When opening documents from a URL location in Microsoft Office 2007, the Office library can make an HTTP HEAD request to the web server for the opening URL. This request is sent with a User-Agent set to"Microsoft Office Existence Discovery". This call is new to Office 2007. More Information...

Developers working with Microsoft Office files can now freely download he specifications for both the Office 2007 Open Office XML (OOXML) Formats and the older Office 97-2003 Binary File Formats (BIFF), for Word/Excel/PowerPoint. Microsoft has agreed to cover both sets of formats under the Open Specification...

Summary The Microsoft .NET 2.0 Framework includes a lockback policy that intentionally prevents the .NET 2.0 CLR from being initialized to run when hosted in either the Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel process space, unless that version of Word or Excel is Office 2007. This restriction was put into...

Summary An ActiveX control that implements IPersistPropertyBag for property persistence may experience problems with their control string data when control is saved in Office 2007 using one of the new Office 2007 Open XML File Formats (such *.docx, *.xlsx, *.pptx, etc.). If the string contains certain...