Microsoft KB Archive/173272

= XL97: Calculating Worksheet Causes Crash After Running Module =

Article ID: 173272

Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q173272



SYMPTOMS
When you calculate your worksheet, error messages similar to the following may appear.

Microsoft Windows 95
This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. If the problem persists, contact the program vendor.

If you click Details, you may receive an error message similar to the following:

Excel caused an invalid page fault in module Excel.exe at 0137:3022d421.

Microsoft Windows NT
Dr. Watson for Windows NT

An application error has occurred and an application error log is being generated.

Excel.exe

Exception: access violation (0xc0000005), Address 0x3022d41.



CAUSE
This problem may occur when the following conditions are true:


 * Your workbook is set to manual calculation mode. -and-


 * You run Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications code that performs a Copy operation on a range of cells that contain a formula entered as an array. -and-


 * The Visual Basic code performs a Paste Special operation with the copied cells, pasting only the values into the worksheet. -and-


 * You calculate your worksheet.



WORKAROUND
Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language being demonstrated and the tools used to create and debug procedures. Microsoft support professionals can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific needs. If you have limited programming experience, you may want to contact a Microsoft Certified Partner or the Microsoft fee-based consulting line at (800) 936-5200. For more information about Microsoft Certified Partners, please visit the following Microsoft Web site:

https://partner.microsoft.com/global/30000104

For more information about the support options that are available and about how to contact Microsoft, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS

You can use the Value property of the range instead of using the Copy method followed by the PasteSpecial method. For example, you can use the following code to remove the formulas from the selected range of cells: Selection.Value = Selection.Value



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem no longer occurs in Microsoft Excel 2000.

