Microsoft KB Archive/108507

= Error When Macro Closes Its Own Workbook =

Article ID: 108507

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q108507





SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Excel, if a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications procedure is started by an OnSheetDeactivate command and the procedure then closes the workbook in which it is contained, one of the following may occur:  In Microsoft Excel 97, you receive an illegal operation error. In Microsoft Excel for Windows, you receive a general protection (GP) fault. In Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, you receive the following error message:

The application "Microsoft Excel" has unexpectedly quit, because an error of type 1 occurred.





CAUSE
This behavior occurs only if a sheet is deleted by clicking Delete Sheet on the Edit menu or from the Sheet Tabs shortcut menu; it does not occur if a sheet is deactivated by switching to another sheet.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: 8.00 XL97 crash hang freeze lock-up XL

Keywords: kbbug kbpending kbprogramming KB108507

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