Microsoft KB Archive/149048

= Error Inserting Custom Function with Defined Category =

Article ID: 149048

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q149048





This article also applies to:
 * Microsoft Excel for Windows 5.0



SYMPTOMS
When you insert a custom function that was defined with a category into Microsoft Excel, you may receive one of the error messages listed in the following table.   If you are using this version of  Microsoft Excel             You Receive this error message --

7.0 for Windows 95         EXCEL caused an invalid page fault in                               module EXCEL.EXE at 0137:5012B10A

5.0 for Windows            EXCEL caused a general protection fault in module EXCEL.EXE at 001A:6A39

5.0 for the Macintosh      Sorry, a system error has occurred. "Microsoft Excel" error type 11



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, always insert the custom function from the User-Defined category not from the Custom-Defined category.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: XL wizard

Keywords: kbbug KB149048

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