Issues that are fixed in InfoPath 2003 by Office 2003 Service Pack 2

Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) provides the latest updates to Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003. Office 2003 SP2 contains security enhancements, stability improvements, and performance improvements. Some of the fixes that are included with Office 2003 SP2 have been previously released in Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or in separate updates. This service pack combines all the previously released fixes into one update.

For more information about Office 2003 SP2, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Downloadable list of issues that the service pack fixes

There is a Microsoft Excel workbook available that contains a list of the InfoPath 2003 issues that are fixed by Office 2003 SP2.

Note The workbook is in the English language. The workbook will not be translated into any other languages.

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:
Download the Office2003_SP2Changes.exe package now. Release Date: September 27, 2005

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List of issues that the service pack fixes

Issues that were previously documented in the Microsoft Knowledge Base

Office 2003 SP2 fixes the InfoPath 2003 issues that are described in the following hotfix packages:

Issues that were not previously documented in the Microsoft Knowledge Base

Office 2003 SP2 fixes the following InfoPath 2003 issues that were not previously documented in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.

You receive the "InfoPath cannot create a new, blank form" error message when you try to open a redesigned form

If you change a designed (extracted) form in InfoPath 2003, all the conditional formatting is removed from the form.

When you try to open the redesigned form, the form does not open. Additionally, you receive the following error message: If you click Show Details, the following information appears:

You receive the "InfoPath cannot open the following form" error message when you try to open a solution in design mode

You try to open a solution in design mode. This solution contains a group that is bound to a repeating group. In this situation, the solution does not open. Additionally, you receive the following error message:

Some database values are overwritten when you use a form to query a database

When you use a form to query a database, some database values may be overwritten in the query results.


InfoPath 2003 unexpectedly quits when you design a form that is connected to a Web service

When you try to design a new form that is connected to a Web service, the form is not created. Additionally, InfoPath 2003 unexpectedly quits without an error message.


You receive the "The form template is invalid" error message when you try to open a solution that contains a nested "List Box" control

You try to open a solution that contains a nested List Box control. If the nested List Box control is bound to a repeating field, the solution does not open. Additionally, you receive the following error message: If you click Show Details, the following information appears:

HTML information is not saved when you use the Export to Web feature

When you use the Export to Web feature to save the form as a Single File Web Page (MHTML), HTML information is missing in the file. Only the MHT header information is saved in the file.


Ink entry mode unexpectedly increases the CPU usage

When you use a form in ink entry mode, the CPU usage unexpectedly increases.


You receive the "InfoPath cannot run the specified query" error message when you run a query in a form

When you run a query in a form by using ActiveX Data Objects (ADO), the query does not run. Additionally, you receive the following error message: If you click Show Details, the following information appears:

Error signature details

You may receive an error message that is similar to the following when you use InfoPath 2003: When you view the data in the error report, the report contains an error signature that is similar to one of the following error signatures:Additionally, other program versions, module versions, and offsets are possible.