Microsoft KB Archive/247578

= XL2000: Symbol Bitmaps Not Displayed and Excel Quits Unexpectedly After Copy and Paste on Chart =

Article ID: 247578

Article Last Modified on 10/17/2005

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APPLIES TO

 Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition, when used with:  Microsoft Windows 95

 Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition

 Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition 

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This article was previously published under Q247578

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SYMPTOMS
If you change the symbols in Excel charts by programmatically copying a .bmp (bitmap) from a cell and pasting over the symbol, after several iterations, various symbols in the Excel charts are no longer displayed.

After you save the worksheet, the images return temporarily, but you may receive one or more of the following error messages:

VB runtime error '1004':

Paste method of Series class failed.

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Out of Memory

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Not enough system resources to display completely.

After you receive the error messages, you may see uncontrolled screen flashing and updating, and you must turn off the power to restart your computer.

NOTE: If you save the worksheet and close Excel, all the chart symbols are displayed when you reopen the worksheet.

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CAUSE
This problem occurs with the Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows 98 Second Edition operating systems.

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WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, close and reopen Excel as soon the problem occurs, or restart the operating system.

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: Run-time error 1004

Keywords: kberrmsg kbbug kbfix kbqfe kbhotfixserver KB247578

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