Microsoft KB Archive/264658

= XL2000: Format Painter Causes Excel to Stop Responding If Date Watch Add-in Is Enabled =

Article ID: 264658

Article Last Modified on 1/9/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q264658



SYMPTOMS
When you double-click the Format Painter button, Excel stops responding, and you may receive either of the following error messages:

DateMigration:

Run-time error 28

Out of Stack Space

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DateMigration:

Run-time error '-2147417848(80010108)':

Method '~' of object '~' failed

followed by

DateMigration:

Run-time error '1004'

Unable to get the HasFormula property of the Range class

After Excel stops responding, you must end the Excel task in the Microsoft Windows Task Manager.

If you received the &quot;Out of Stack Space&quot; error message, Excel then prompts you to save changes in unsaved workbooks.

If you received the two other error messages, any unsaved changes to the workbooks are lost.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

276367 OFF2000: How to Obtain the Latest Office 2000 Service Pack



CAUSE
This problem occurs if you double-click the Format Painter button while the Date Watch add-in is enabled.



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 first corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 2.

Additional query words: Run time error -2147417848 80010108 1004

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kboffice2000presp2fix kboffice2000sp2fix kbqfe KB264658

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