ACC97:"Overflow" Error When Outputting Report to RTF Format

• Microsoft Access 97

SYMPTOMS

Custom reports containing multiple subreports may produce the following error message when you export the report as Rich Text Format (RTF):

   Overflow 

CAUSE

When you output a report with multiple subreports to Rich Text Format, a procedure is called from within Utility.mdb. Under certain circumstances, the procedure's calculation exceeds the range allowed for an integer and produces the error described in the "Symptoms" section.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain Microsoft Office 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2).

For additional information about SR-2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q151261 OFF97: How to Obtain and Install MS Office 97 SR-2

As an alternative to outputting the report to RTF file format, you may choose to use the Snapshot format. For more information about the Snapshot Viewer, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q172348 ACC97: Report Snapshots and Microsoft Snapshot Viewer

Q175274 ACC97: Microsoft Snapshot Viewer Available on MSL

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Access 97. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2).

Additional query words: snap shot

Keywords          : kbdta 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug 

Last Reviewed: April 15, 1999