Microsoft KB Archive/140236

Money 4.0: Illegal Operation Err Msg When Renaming Investment

PSS ID Number: Q140236 Article last modified on 09-12-1997

4.00 4.00a

WINDOWS

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= SYMPTOMS =

In Money version 4.0, when you attempt to rename an investment, you 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.

You must then close Money and restart it. When you open the file, the investment will have been renamed. You may receive a message indicating possible data loss.

= CAUSE =

This problem occurs when you have an investment that has a zero quantity balance and a symbol different than the stock name, and you try to rename it to the name of another investment with a zero quantity balance.

NOTE: A zero quantity balance means that no shares in the investment are currently owned. This can happen if the investment was completely sold, or if it was never purchased but was added to the investment portfolio.

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

  An investment has been owned in the past, but was later sold.   An investment is deleted from the Investment Portfolio. NOTE: You can delete an investment only when zero shares of that investment are owned.   That same investment is renamed to the name of another existing investment of the same type. For example, stock One is renamed to stock Two. -and-   There is a symbol for the deleted investment that is different from the name of the security. 

= WORKAROUND =

To work around this problem, avoid any attempt to rename an investment if the conditions discussed in the Cause section of this article apply to that investment.

= MORE INFORMATION =

After an investment has been deleted from the Investment Portfolio, you can rename the investment only by accessing the Details for that investment from outside the Investment Portfolio. To access the Investment Details screen, use the right mouse button to click either of the following, and then click Details:

  A transaction for the investment in an account register -or-   A line for the investment in a report. 

This problem has been resolved in Money 5.0 for Windows 95

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Additional reference words: w_money 4.00 4.00a snake

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