Microsoft KB Archive/218993

= ACC2000: Can't Save Large VBA Project in Windows NT 4.0 =

Article ID: 218993

Article Last Modified on 1/17/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 2000 Standard Edition, when used with:
 * Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

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This article was previously published under Q218993





Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

This article applies to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb) and to a Microsoft Access project (.adp).



SYMPTOMS
When you try to save your database's Visual Basic for Applications project in Microsoft Access 2000 running on Windows NT 4.0, you may receive the following error message:

The Save Operation Failed.

This may be followed with the error:

Microsoft Access could not save your project.



CAUSE
You have Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 (SP3) installed. If your database's Visual Basic for Applications project is several megabytes in size, you may not be able to save it in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3.



RESOLUTION
Upgrade to Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4 (SP4).

For additional information about Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4 (SP4), please see the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=8b3a1f23-c17c-4dc9-96ea-cf8652acf2d4&displaylang=en



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



MORE INFORMATION
The Microsoft Visual Basic Environment (VBE) uses OLE storages to read and write Visual Basic for Applications projects. In Windows NT 4.0 SP3, a low memory condition could occur when reading and writing to a large OLE storage. In Windows NT 4 SP4 this behavior is corrected.

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