Script Error When You Send Web Page by E-Mail

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This article was previously published under Q296339

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SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Internet Explorer, you may receive a script error message similar to the following when you attempt to send a Web page by e-mail:

Internet Explorer Script Error
An error has occurred in the script on this page.
Line: 0
Char: 0
Error: Access is denied to http://Web Server/filename.htc
Code: 0
URL: outbind://117 (Outlook) or mhtml:mid://00000000/ (Outlook Express)

NOTE: You receive this error message regardless of whether Internet Explorer is configured to display a notification about every script error or whether your e-mail client supports Active Scripting in HTML e-mail.

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CAUSE

This behavior can occur if the Web page that you attempt to send as e-mail contains imported files that cannot be accessed by your e-mail client. For example, if a Web page author uses an IMPORT processing instruction that refers to an HTML Component (.HTC) file that contains a tag definition, this behavior occurs when either Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Outlook Express attempts to access the .HTC file that the author has referenced.

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WORKAROUND

To work around this issue, send a link to the Web page address by e-mail. To do this, follow these steps:

Establish a connection to the Internet, and then start Internet Explorer.
Navigate to the Web page that you want to send as e-mail.
On the File menu, point to Send, and then click Link by E-Mail.

After the recipient receives the e-mail and clicks the link, his or her browser navigates to the Web page.

NOTE: This workaround sends a link to the recipient, not to the actual Web page.

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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MORE INFORMATION

For developer information about using the IMPORT processing instruction to refer to an HTML Component (.HTC) file that contains a tag definition, browse to the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms535171.aspx (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms535171.aspx)

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