ID: Q135489
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Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.
If you select Print Definition from the File menu while you are in the Query Builder of either a report or form in Design view, a general protection fault occurs. The general protection fault does not occur if you select Print Definition while you are in the Query Builder of a query in Design view.
Select Print Definition while you are in Design view of an existing query and not from the RecordSource property's Query builder in a form or report. If the RecordSource property for the form or report is an SQL statement, invoke the Query Builder, and then select Save As from the File menu to save the SQL statement as a query.
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Access version 2.0. This problem no longer occurs in Microsoft Access version 7.0.
WARNING: Following these steps will cause a general protection fault on your computer. Make sure you save and close any open work on your computer before following these steps.
1. Open the sample database NWIND.MDB.
2. View the Alphabetical List Of Products in Design view.
3. If it is not displayed, open the report's property sheet. Select All
Properties, and then click the Builder button to the right of the
RecordSource property (currently set to Product List).
the File menu. In the Print Query Definition dialog box, click the OK
button.
Must close query first. Close now?
Click the Yes button.
An error has occurred in your program. To keep working anyway,
click Ignore and save your work in a new file. To quit this
program, click Close. You will lose information you entered
since your last Save.
This message is followed by a message that states that Microsoft Access
will be shut down.
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Version : 2.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Hardware : x86
Issue type : kbbugLast Reviewed: May 15, 1997