XL97: Printing After Deleting ActiveX Control Causes IPF

ID: Q169056

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

If you perform a print or a print preview operation immediately after deleting an ActiveX control from your worksheet, you may receive the following error message:

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

If you click Details, you receive an error message similar to the following:

   EXCEL caused an invalid page fault in module VBA332.DLL at
   0137:651af4f1.

CAUSE

This problem may result from the following sequence of events:

1. You activate an ActiveX control.

2. You print or print preview the worksheet.

3. You enter Design Mode by clicking the Design Mode button on the Control

   Toolbox toolbar.

4. You delete the ActiveX control.

5. You print or print preview the worksheet.

STATUS

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

REFERENCES

For more information about using ActiveX controls in Microsoft Excel, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text

   ActiveX controls, adding

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Add buttons, check boxes, or other controls to a worksheet" topic.

Additional query words: XL97

Keywords          : kbprint
Version           : WINDOWS:97

Last Reviewed: October 31, 1998