Description of the Windows SharePoint Services post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: November 25, 2004

This article describes the Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services problem that is fixed in the Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package that is dated November 25, 2004.

Problem that the hotfix package fixes

This hotfix package fixes the following problem. This problem was not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article.

• When you use Microsoft Visual Studio to add a Web reference to a Windows SharePoint Services Web service, you receive an error message. You cannot add the Web reference. For example, when you try to add a Web reference to http://ServerName/sites/Site Name/_vti_bin/lists.asmx, you receive an error message that is similar to the following:
  The document at the URL http://ServerName/sites/Site Name/_vti_bin/lists.asmx was not recognized as a known document type.
  The error message from each known type may help you fix the problem:
  - Report from 'WSDL Document' is 'The document format is not recognized (the content type is 'text/html; charset=utf-8').'.
  - Report from 'DISCO Document' is 'There was an error downloading 'http://ServerName/sites/Site Name/_vti_bin/lists.asmx?disco'.'.
  - The request failed with the error message:
  
  [html][head][title]Object moved[/title][/head][body] [h2]Object moved to [a href='http://ServerName/sites/Site%20Name/_layouts/1033/error.aspx?ErrorText=File%20Not%20Found%2E']here[/a].[/h2] [/body][/html]
  
  - Report from 'XML Schema' is 'The document format is not recognized (the content type is 'text/html; charset=utf-8').
  This problem occurs if the name of your Windows SharePoint Services Web contains one or more spaces. For example, you experience this problem if the name of your Web site is My Web Site, and the URL of your Web site uses %20 characters to represent each space as follows:
  http://ServerName/sites/My%20Web%20Site

Service pack information

This problem was first corrected in Windows SharePoint Services Service Pack 2.

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows SharePoint Services. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.

If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, contact Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.

Note If additional issues occur or if any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Service and Support telephone numbers or to create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site: Note The "Hotfix download available" form displays the languages for which the hotfix is available. If you do not see your language, it is because a hotfix is not available for that language.

Prerequisites

The optimized and full-file versions of this hotfix are post-Windows SharePoint Services Service Pack 1 (SP1) hotfixes. To install the hotfix, you must have Windows SharePoint Services SP1 installed. For more information about Windows SharePoint Services SP1, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Restart information

You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this hotfix. However, you may have to restart Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 after you apply this hotfix. To restart IIS, click Start, click Run, type iisreset, and then click OK.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix is not replaced by any later hotfix.

Registry information

You do not have to create or modify any registry keys to enable any hotfixes that this package contains.

Hotfix file information

This hotfix contains only those files that are required to correct the problems that this article lists. This hotfix may not contain of all the files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest build.

The global version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

Download information

Microsoft Windows Installer .msp file information

After the hotfix is installed, the global version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. Additional notes:

• For additional information about how to install this hotfix, see the Readme.txt file that is included in the hotfix package.
• For additional information about the differences between the two .msp files, see the "Strategies for updating Office 2003 installations" topic. To see this topic, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
  http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/updates/patch_o2k3.htm (http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/updates/patch_o2k3.htm)

For more information about the terminology that Microsoft uses to describe software updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: