XL: Microsoft Excel Hangs If Macro Contains PageBreak Property

• Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
• Microsoft Excel for Windows NT, version 5.0
• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel, when you run a macro that contains the PageBreak property, you may receive a general protection (GP) fault or an application error.

CAUSE

This problem occurs if you run a macro that contains the PageBreak property if you do not have a printer installed on your computer. The PageBreak property returns or sets the location of a page break on your worksheet. However, if you use the PageBreak property in a macro when you do not have a printer installed, you receive a GP fault.

Note that Microsoft Excel uses the installed printer to determine where a page break is located or needs to be inserted on a worksheet.

RESOLUTION

To avoid this problem, install a printer on your computer. For more information about installing a printer under Windows or Windows NT, see your printed documentation or online Help.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

REFERENCES

For more information about "PageBreak Property," choose the Search button in Visual Basic Reference Help, and type:

   PageBreak Property