SetColumns with a MVI_FLAG property fails with error

[jengelh]

Version: 23.0.23089.01 MFCMAPI Unicode x64

Reproduction

Make a contact with Outlook. Then open the "Root Container\Top of Information Store\Contacts" folder in MFCMAPI. The contact that was created by Outlook usually has some PT_MV_LONG properties, e.g. PidLidFileUnderList (mapped to 0x81AF1003 here).

From the menu, choose Table ► Set Columns. Add that property to the list, but do set the MV_INSTANCE bit, e.g. enter 0x81AF3003.

Close the dialog with "OK".

Observed behavior

MFCMAPI throws an error at this point:

Error:
Code: MAPI_E_NO_SUPPORT == 0x80040102
Function lpContentsTable->QueryRows(rowCount, NULL, &pRows)
File D:\a\1\s\UI\Controls\SortList\ContentsTableListCtrl.cpp
Line 579

Expected behavior

Do not throw an error. / Give user more details (see below).

Background

MFCMAPI is too eager to call QueryRows right away after columns were set. Without a matching sortorder which includes MV_INSTANCE properties, the QueryRows call will always be rejected. However, it is not possible to edit the sortorder ahead of editing the column set, as that will also lead to a QueryRows error, because QueryRows does not like sortorders referencing properties that are not in the set of chosen columns.

Desired behavior

Let MFCMAPI take notice that there is one or more MV_INSTANCE properties in the column set, and show extra text in the error dialog that the error can be expected behavior and that a suitable sortorder needs to be set.