Microsoft KB Archive/87472

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Last reviewed: July 16, 1997

Article ID: Q87472

The information in this article applies to:
 * Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS
Using GET.OBJECT(10) causes a general protection (GP) fault in version 4.0 of Microsoft Excel for Windows if the selected object is a button assigned to a macro that resides in another closed workbook.

MORE INFORMATION
GET.OBJECT(10) returns the name of the object, including the filename of the macro assigned to it.

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in version 4.0 of Excel for Windows. This problem was corrected in version 4.0a of Microsoft Excel for Windows.