XL97: Invalid Page Fault Opening Workbook Sent in E-mail

ID: Q192061

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you open a workbook in e-mail or save the attachment and open the workbook in Microsoft Excel 97, you may receive the following error message:

   This program has performed an illegal operation and
   will be shut down.

   If the problem persists, contact the program vendor.

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

   Excel.exe caused an invalid page fault in module
   Excel.exe at 015f:3047004d.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when you do the following:

Run a macro that uses the Delete method.
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    -and-
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The macro sends the workbook via e-mail by using either of the following methods:

    Application.Dialogs(xlDialogSendMail)

    -or-

    Activeworkbook.SendMail

WORKAROUND

Use either of the following methods to work around this problem.

Method 1: Use Two, Separate Macros

In order to use the Delete method and the SendMail property, you can use two separate macro subroutines. However, you would run each macro individually. In the following example, you would first run Sub DelSheet, and then, when it is finished, you would run Sub SendEmail.

   Sub DelSheet()
      Sheet2.Delete
   End Sub

   Sub SendEmail()
      ActiveWorkbook.SendMail ""
   End Sub

Method 2: Use the OnTime Method

To use both the Delete method and SendMail property in the same macro subroutine, you can use the OnTime method. The OnTime method runs a specified macro at a specified time interval. By using this method, you can delete a worksheet and wait N seconds before sending the e-mail, where N represents the number of seconds to wait. The example below waits 5 seconds before running the SendEmail macro procedure:

   Sub DelSheet()
      Sheet2.Delete
      Application.OnTime Now + TimeValue("0:0:05"), "SendEmail"
   End Sub

   Sub SendEmail()
      ActiveWorkbook.SendMail ""
   End Sub

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Excel 97 for Windows.

Additional query words: XL97 mapi

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

Last Reviewed: February 4, 1999