XL97: Embedded Worksheet Object Stops After Running Macro

ID: Q171716

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you run a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro in a Microsoft Excel workbook that is embedded in a Microsoft Word document, you may receive one of the following error messages.

Microsoft Windows 95/98

   This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down.
   If the problem persists, contact the program vendor.

If you click Details, you receive the following error message:

   EXCEL caused an invalid page fault in module EXCEL.EXE at
   0137:304dec2d.

Microsoft Windows NT

   An application error has occurred and an application error log is
   being generated.

Microsoft Excel 97 quits, and Microsoft Word 97 stops responding (hangs).

CAUSE

This problem may occur if the following conditions are true:

You insert a Microsoft Excel Worksheet object into a Microsoft Word document.
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You add a Visual Basic macro to the Excel workbook that adds a custom view to the workbook.
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You run the macro.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

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   http://www.microsoft.com/support/supportnet/refguide/

The following macro creates a new custom view in Microsoft Excel 97 and fails when the macro is run from a Microsoft Excel 97 worksheet object that is embedded in a Microsoft Word 97 document:

   Sub My_View()

       ActiveWorkbook.CustomViews.Add ViewName:="test"

   End Sub

REFERENCES

For more information about the CustomViews Collection object, from the Visual Basic Editor, click the Office Assistant, type "customviews," click Search, and then click to view " CustomViews Collection Object."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q176476
   TITLE     : OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions

Additional query words: XL97 WD97 gpf ipf hang hangs hanging hung lock up locks locking locked lockup freeze freezes freezing froze frozen stop stopping stopped won't respond waiting responding

Keywords          : kbinterop kbprg kbdta kbdtacode xlgpf KbVBA 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

Last Reviewed: May 17, 1999