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Article ID: 936859 - Last Review: October 31, 2007 - Revision: 1.2

Error message when you click Reply in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 discussion board in Subject view: "The page cannot be found"

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SYMPTOMS

You click Modify View on a discussion board in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site. Then, you add a Reply column under Columns. When you visit the discussion board in Subject view, you receive the following error message if you click Reply to reply to a discussion topic:
The page cannot be found

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 does not support the Reply feature in Subject view.

WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, open the discussion topic in Flat view or in Threaded view. Then, click Reply to reply to the topic.

Note By default, the discussion topic opens in Flat view when you click the discussion topic.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to reproduce the problem

  1. Open a discussion board in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site.
  2. Click the list next to View, and then click Modify View.
  3. Locate the Views section, and then click Columns.
  4. Click the Reply column check box, and then click OK two times.
  5. On the discussion board, select a topic in Subject view, and then click Reply.

APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
  • Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
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