Microsoft KB Archive/194863

= PI99: ErrMsg: Illegal Operation Creating Custom Stamp =

Article ID: 194863

Article Last Modified on 3/25/2001

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Picture It! 99 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q194863



SYMPTOMS
If you click on the Picture Pane During the process of creating a Custom Stamp in Picture It! 99, you will receive the following message:

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

After which, the program quits.



CAUSE
The steps for creating a Custom Stamp were not completed.



RESOLUTION
This can be resolved by completing the steps for creating a custom cutout. To complete the process, follow these steps:  In the Workbench tab, click Get Picture, and click My Picture. Navigate your hard disk to find a file to open. In the Workbench tab, click Paint & Color Effects, and click Stamping. In Step One, select a stamping style of your choice. In Step Two, click to select Make My Own Stamp. In the Custom Stamp task menu select an image source of your choice.

NOTE: For demonstration purposes we will use the image on the Filmstrip. Double click the image on the Filmstrip.</li> In the Stamping task menu, for Step Three select a stamp size of your choice.</li> In Step Four you can now apply the stamp by one of the following methods:

<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> Hold the right mouse button down and dragg the stamp on the image.</li> Single click the right mouse button on the image area you wish to stamp.</li></ol> </li> When you are finished stamping, click Done in the bottom of the Task Menu.</li></ol>

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