Microsoft KB Archive/254917

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Visio5: Visio Terminates Unexpectedly When You Use Automation to Close a Document Object

PSS ID Number: 254917

Article Last Modified on 11/25/2003

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The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Visio Standard 5.0x
• Microsoft Visio Professional 5.0x
• Microsoft Visio Technical 5.0x
• Microsoft Visio Enterprise 5.0x
• Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications

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This article was previously published under Q254917

SYMPTOMS

If you use Automation to close a document in Visio, Visio may terminate unexpectedly, and you may receive the following error message:

Run-time error '-2147023898 (800703e6)':
Automation error
Invalid access to memory location.

CAUSE

Visio may shut down unexpectedly when the Automation client calls the Document.Close method of Visio while running outside of Visio's process, and the document is part of a VBA project.

RESOLUTION

To prevent this behavior, do one of the following:

1. If the Automation client is a Visual Basic application, add an OnError handler to the Document.Close statement in your code.
2. Disable Visual Basic for Applications in Visio. To do so, click Options on the Tools menu, and then click to clear the Enable Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications check box on the Advanced tab.

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