Microsoft KB Archive/134277

= OFF95: Illegal Operation When You Try to View Macro in Binder =

Article ID: 134277

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office 95 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q134277



SYMPTOMS
If you are in a Microsoft Excel worksheet section of a Microsoft Office Binder and you try to view a Visual Basic macro by clicking Show in the Object Browser, you will 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.

Your only option is to click Close; clicking Close will shut down Microsoft Office Binder. Any changes made since the last save are lost.



WORKAROUND
To view a Visual Basic for Applications macro that is in a Microsoft Office Binder, do the following:


 * 1) On the Section menu, click View Outside.
 * 2) On the Tools menu, click Macro.
 * 3) Click once on the name of the macro you want to view.
 * 4) Click the Edit button.

The macro will appear.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: Crash GPF xl7 gp fault general protection fault invalid page error

Keywords: KB134277

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