Microsoft KB Archive/168923

= WD97: Invalid Page Fault Using DOCVARIABLE Field =

Article ID: 168923

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q168923



SYMPTOMS
When you use the DOCVARIABLE field in a header, footer, or text box, you may receive the following error message:

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

If the problem persists, contact the program vendor.

When you click Details (on Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, press ALT+D), you receive the following message:

WINWORD caused an invalid page fault in WINWORD.EXE at 0137:3037f1db.

NOTE: The actual memory address may vary.



RESOLUTION
To resolve the problem described in this article, obtain and install the latest Microsoft Word 97 update from the following Microsoft Web site:

http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/9798/Wd97mcrs.aspx

IMPORTANT NOTE: Microsoft Word 97 post-service release fixes are cumulative. The latest update contains all of the fixes since Service Release 2. If you install the latest update for Word 97, you do not need to install any other updates after Service Release 2.

For additional information about the fixes included in the latest update for Word 97, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265374 WD97: Post Service Release Fixes for Word 97



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use custom document properties (on the File menu, click Properties, and then click the Custom tab) to set custom document variables and then use the DOCPROPERTY field to use the values in a header, footer, or text box.

To Create a Custom Document Property

 * 1) On the File menu, click Properties, and then click the Custom tab.
 * 2) In the Name box, type a name for the custom property, or select a name from the list.
 * 3) In the Type box, click the type of property you want.
 * 4) In the Value box, type a value for the property.

The value you enter must match the selection in the Type box. For example, if you click Number in the Type box, you must type a number in the Value box. Values that don't match the property type are stored as text.
 * 1) Click Add.
 * 2) Click OK.

To Insert the DOCPROPERTY Field in the Document

 * 1) Click where you want to insert the DOCPROPERTY field.
 * 2) On the Insert menu, click Field.
 * 3) Click to select Document Information in the Categories list, and then click to select DocProperty in the Field names list.
 * 4) To add a custom document property to the field, click Options.
 * 5) From the Property list, select the custom property you want.
 * 6) Click Add to Field.
 * 7) In the Field Options dialog box, click OK.
 * 8) In the Field dialog box, click OK.

NOTE: For more information about a specific field or option, while in the Field dialog box, select the field name or option, and then press F1.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This problem was corrected in Microsoft Word 2000.



MORE INFORMATION
If you insert a blank DOCVARIABLE field into a header or footer, that is, when you insert the field with no reference to a stored document variable, and then you later add the document variable reference and update the field, you do not receive the error described in the "Symptoms" section of this article. However, when you update the DOCVARIABLE field, the field remains blank.

Performing these same steps in a text box causes the error described in the "Symptoms" section of this article to occur when you update the field.

