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FIX: ASP Session Variables Empty When Office 2000 MIME Types Are Streamed with Internet Explorer

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Symptoms

When you stream MIME-typed data into a Microsoft Office 2000 application from an Active Server Page (ASP) page, Session variables are empty.

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

The problem has been corrected in SR-1 for Office 2000. You can download the service release from the Office update page on the following Microsoft Web site at:
http://office.microsoft.com

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More information

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Create a new virtual directory on your Web server, and name it SessionTest.
  2. Start Microsoft Notepad to create a new Active Server Page. Place the following code in Notepad:
    <%@ Language=VBScript %>
<HTML>
<BODY>
<% if Request.Form("text1") = "" then %>
<FORM action="default.asp" method=POST name=form1>
<INPUT type="text" name=text1>
<INPUT type="submit" value="Button" name=button1>
</FORM>
<% else
     Session("Sample") = Request.Form("text1")
     strRedirect = "redir.asp"
     Response.Write("<META HTTP-EQUIV=Refresh CONTENT=""0;URL=" + strRedirect + """>")
   end if %>
</BODY>
</HTML>
  3. Save the file as default.asp in the SessionTest virtual directory.
  4. Create a new file in Notepad and place the following code in the edit window:
    <%@ Language=VBScript %>
<%
   Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.ms-excel"
%>
<HTML>
<BODY>
<TABLE>
  <TR><TD><% =Session("Sample") %></TD></TR>
</TABLE>
</BODY>
</HTML>
  5. Save the file as redir.asp in the SessionTest virtual directory.
  6. When you navigate to http://<servername>/SessionTest/default.asp, there is a window with a text box and a button. Enter some text in the text box, and then press Submit.
  7. On a computer with the Office 2000 SR-1 update, note that you are redirected to redir.asp and are able see the text in Excel.
  8. On a computer without the Office 2000 SR-1 update, note that you are redirected to redir.asp, but are not able to see the text in Excel.

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References

For additional information, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
199841 HOWTO: Display ASP Results Using Excel in IE with MIME Types
247318 BUG: Word 2000 and Excel 2000 Do Not Redirect Correctly when Using Response.Redirect
266263 BUG: Word 2000 and Excel 2000 Display ASP Source When Using MIME Type to Stream Data

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Keywords: KB264143, kbprogramming, kbfix, kbbug, kbdownload

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Article Info
Article ID : 264143
Revision : 7
Created on : 8/9/2004
Published on : 8/9/2004
Exists online : False
Views : 1715