XCLN: Messages Created Using Form Do Not Sort Properly by Date
Article ID: 160323
Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Exchange Client 4.0
- Microsoft Exchange Client 5.5
This article was previously published under Q160323
SYMPTOMS
If you use Microsoft Exchange Forms Designer to create a form, messages
created using that form may not sort properly in the Microsoft Exchange
client. If the form contains a date field and you attempt to sort the
messages by date, the messages may not be sorted properly.
CAUSE
When you create a form that contains a date field, and then use that form
to create a message, the information in the date field is converted to
text before the message appears in the Microsoft Exchange client. Because
the field contains text data instead of dates, you may be unable to
successfully sort the messages by date.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, configure the date field so that the year
appears before the month and day (YY/MM/DD). When the date field is
configured in this manner, the messages are sorted properly.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Forms Designer that
is included with the Microsoft Exchange clients listed at the beginning
of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new
information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
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