BUG:GPF Manipulating Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet w/OLE Control |
Q137030
The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Visual Basic Standard Edition, 32-bit only, for Windows, version 4.0
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Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition, 16-bit only, for Windows, version 4.0
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Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition, 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0
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Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition, 16-bit, for Windows, version 4.0
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Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition, 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0
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Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 5.0
SYMPTOMS
A general protection (GP) fault at different addresses in segment 0014
occurs in EXCEL.EXE when closing the Visual Basic environment after
manipulating an OLE client control that contains an embedded Microsoft
Excel spreadsheet.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed
at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will
post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes
available.
MORE INFORMATION
Steps to Reproduce Behavior
- Start a new project in Visual Basic. Form1 is created by default.
- Add an OLE client control to the form.
- In the Insert Object dialog box, click Create from File, specify any
valid .xls file, and click OK.
- Right-Click the control, and click Open. When Microsoft Excel opens,
click Exit on the File menu.
- Right-Click the control, and click Edit. Press the ESC key to deactivate
the OLE client control.
- Right-Click the control, and click Open.
- On the Visual Basic File menu, click Exit. At this point, a GP fault
occurs in EXCEL.EXE at different offset addresses in segment 0014.
Additional query words:
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