Microsoft KB Archive/138033

PUB3: Illegal Operation Error Importing Micrographx Draw Files

= PUB3: Illegal Operation Error Importing Micrographx Draw Files =

Q138033
- The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Publisher for Windows 95, version 3.0 -

SYMPTOMS

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If you try to import a .drw file created in Micrographx Windows Draw version 3.1 into Publisher for Windows 95, you may receive the following error message:

This application has performed an illegal instruction and will be  shut down. If the problem persists, contact the program vendor.

If you click the Details button, you will get the following additional information:

MSPUB caused an invalid page fault in module DRWIMP32.FLT at  0137:1c013c40.

CAUSE

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The Micrographx filter that ships with Publisher for Windows 95 and Office for Windows 95 can't correctly import certain .drw files created in Windows Draw 3.1. Files created in other versions of Windows Draw or other Micrographx products import correctly.

NOTE: The same files that fail to import into Microsoft Publisher will also fail to import into Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0.

RESOLUTION

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If you have a .drw file that exhibits this problem, open the file in Micrographx Draw and export it in another format.

The third-party products discussed here are manufactured by vendors independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability.

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