The Web File Properties dialog box displays incorrect properties for a document that is saved in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 document library

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SYMPTOMS

When you view the properties of a document that is opened from a Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 document library, the Web File Properties dialog box appears. However, when you view the Web File Properties dialog box, you may experience one or more of the following symptoms:

Hidden properties are unexpectedly visible.
The Content Type list is missing.
All document properties are visible. You would expect only the properties for the document's content type to be visible.
If a Schema.xml file has not been modified for a feature, the Web File Properties dialog box may be blank.

Note To view the Web File Properties dialog box, open the file from the document library, and then click Properties on the File menu.

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RESOLUTION

How to obtain the hotfix

This issue is fixed in the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 hotfix packages that are dated April 12, 2007.

For more information, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

934790 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934790/ ) Description of the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 hotfix package: April 12, 2007

934251 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934251/ ) Description of the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 hotfix package that includes the English, French, and German MUI: April 12, 2007

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How to modify your customizations

To modify your customizations, check the files that were copied earlier for your own customization as listed in the following table.

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File name in hotfix	File name in installation	Location of file to replace
Schema.xml_doclib	Schema.xml	\Features\Documentlibrary\Doclib
Schema.xml_webtemp	Schema.xml	\Template\Global\Webtemp
Schema.xml_wplib	Schema.xml	\Template\Global\Wplib
Dmslstschema_xml	Schema.xml	\Template\Centraladmin\Dmslist

In your custom Schema.xml file, locate the following line of code.

_tp_ctfld.stDisplay =</HTML>

Add the following code above the line of code that you located.

_tp_ctfld.fShowInNewForm = BoolFromString2(</HTML>
                <ScriptQuote><Property Select="ShowInNewForm"/></ScriptQuote>
                <HTML>, true);
                _tp_ctfld.fShowInEditForm = BoolFromString2(</HTML>
                <ScriptQuote><Property Select="ShowInEditForm"/></ScriptQuote>
                <HTML>, true);
                _tp_ctfld.fReadOnly = BoolFromString(</HTML>
                <ScriptQuote><Property Select="ReadOnly"/></ScriptQuote>
                <HTML>);

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