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GP Fault Using Resume() Function in MS Excel 4.0 Macro

Article ID: 136143

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
Microsoft Excel 5.0c
Microsoft Excel 5.0 Standard Edition

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SYMPTOMS

You may receive a general protection (gp) fault when you use the Resume() statement in a macro written in the Microsoft Excel 4.0 Macro Language.

NOTE: In Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0, you may receive an Illegal Instruction Error.

CAUSE

The GP fault may occur when you use a macro to open a file with a chart in it, pause the macro, and then run another macro to close the chart and resume the previous macro.

Additional query words: 5.00c NT gpf Excel

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