PC Forms: Err Msg: Bad Command Line (on Delivery)

• Microsoft Electronic Forms Designer, version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

When you receive a message containing an electronic form created with version 1.0 of Microsoft Electronic Forms Designer, you may receive the following error:

   Bad Command Line

CAUSE

This will occur in the MEFPhone sample, MEFRoute sample, or any E-forms created using the Template project and the custom command declaration in either SHARED.INI or MSMAIL.INI that specifies the form should be activated on delivery. By default, there is no code in the Template project to support activation on delivery. To check to see if the form is installed to be activated on delivery or not, see if the array position 7 (position 0 to 15) is 1 or 0 on the form declaration entry in MSMAIL.INI or SHARED.INI.

Below is an example of a form declaration where the array position 7 (the 8th flag) of the operation map is set to 1 for activation upon delivery.

   [Custom Messages]
   ; all should be on the same line

   IPM.Microsoft.MEFPhone=3.0;;Telephone
    Note;;C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MEFLIB.DLL;<MC:IPM.Microsoft.MEFPhone>
   C:\EFORMS\PROJECTS\PHONE\MEFPHONE.EXE -MSG <COMMAND>
   <MESSAGEID>;1111111100000000;Microsoft Sample Telephone Note;;;

RESOLUTION

To prevent this error, it is necessary to add support for activation on delivery. The following steps will modify the Template project so that any new forms created will support opening the form on delivery. Any existing projects, including the MEFPhone and MEFRoute samples would need to be modified in a similar manner to support this functionality.

1. From Microsoft Visual Basic, open the Template project.

2. Open the EFORM.BAS file included with the project.

3. In the Proc: window, select ParseCommandLine.

4. Locate following the program line:

         Select Case gCommand
   

5. Three lines below that, you should find the following code fragment:

         ----------
         Case wcommandOpen
                     If gMessage.Flags And MAPI_SENT Then
                         frmRead.Show
                     Else
                         frmCompose.Show
                     End If
         ----------
   
      Change it to read:
   
         ----------
         Case wcommandOpen, wcommandDelivery
                     If gMessage.Flags And MAPI_SENT Then
                         frmRead.Show
                     Else
                         frmCompose.Show
                     End If
         ----------
   
   

6. Save changes to the Template project.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the custom command declaration and the operation map, refer to the Microsoft Electronic Forms Designer version 1.0 "Developer's Guide," Chapter 12.