Microsoft KB Archive/248176

= XL2000: Access Violation Error Message When You Open a Workbook That Calls a Custom DLL =

Article ID: 248176

Article Last Modified on 11/5/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q248176



SYMPTOMS
When you open your workbook, Excel may crash with an access violation or an invalid page fault error message.



CAUSE
This issue occurs when both of the following conditions are true:
 * Your worksheet contains a formula that calls a function that is stored in an Excel custom code resource (.xll) or dynamic-link library (.dll) file.

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 * The function in the .xll or .dll file returns a two-dimensional array that contains 1 item in the first dimension and 0 items in the second dimension (1x0).



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a).

To obtain SR-1/SR-1a, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

245025 OFF2000: How to Obtain and Install Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a)



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 Office 2000 SR-1/SR-1a.

Additional query words: XL2000 av ipf udf uf custom function DLL XLL

Keywords: kbbug kbfix KB248176

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