LO42990: TYPE MISMATCH ON EXTERNAL NAME: UIMEMODOCUMENT" AND "VARIANT DOE S NOT CONTAIN AN OBJECT" ERROR MESSAGES

APAR status

• Closed as fixed if next.

Error description

• Customer is experience the following errors when opening mail in
  an archive
  file that is still based on the R6 design:
  "Type mismatch on external name: UIMEMODOCUMENT" and
  "Variant does not contain an object" error messages accessing
  archive.
  
  
  
  STEPS:
  
  -Using a Notes 8
  client
  
  -Create a mail file using the mail6.ntf
  template
  -Create a local archive database and archive one
  message
  -Convert the mail db with the new template
  mail8.ntf
  -Archive another
  message.
  
  -Open the archive file still based on the Mail6.ntf and/or an
  archived
  message and get multiple
  errors.
  
  
  
  TROUBLESHOOTING:
  
  L2 has tested and reproduced.
  Found SPR YDEN7C2M55   which reports the same issue.  L3
  provided a hotfix, L2
  tested and confirmed the hotfix does not address the fully
  address the issue.
  The error received when opening the database is resolved but you
  still receive
  errors when opening/closing documents within the database.  I
  tested the
  following for L3:
  I tested * Standard hotfix 801HHF27 to no avail
  
  I tested * Basic hotfix 801HF270 to no avail.
  I don't get an error opening the database but I do when
  opening/closing any
  documents in the
  database.
  
  
  
  I only have access to the basic configuration of 8.0.2 beta.  I
  tested with
  that and confirmed it is still not addressed.  Errors are
  received
  opening/closing documents in the archive database but not when
  opening the
  database.
  
   L3 has requested this SPR be opened for the errors received
  when
  opening/closing the documents in the same archive database.  L3
  states the
  results of the hotfix is a different issue than what is reported
  in SPR
  YDEN7C2M55  and that the hotfix for that SPR addresses the
  reported issue.
  Please note the problem description of that other SPR does state
  this is an
  issue with opening/closing documents:
  "they try to acess a document in the archive they receive the
  error message
  "Type mismatch on external name: UIMEMODOCUMENT" then "Variant
  does not contain
  an object". Then they close the document they also receive the
  error "Variant
  does not contain an object" again.".
  

Local fix

• Doing a manual replace design with the mail8.ntf template on the
  archive the
  errors no longer appear.  However this is not an acceptable
  workaround for most
  customers as most end users have only Editor rights to their
  archive file which
  is the default access.  If their archive files are local which
  in most cases
  they are this would require manual intervention from an Admin.
  

Problem summary

• The problem will be fixed in the next release of the product.
  

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

• This APAR is associated with SPR# KTOT7GTSUU.
  The problem will be fixed in the next release of the product.
  

APAR Information

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Fix information

Applicable component levels

• R800 PSN

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