Article ID: 163807
Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q163807
SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to view the
Options dialog box for a form field (right-click the field and click
Properties on the shortcut menu that appears), you may receive the following error message:
This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down.
If the problem persists, contact the program vendor.
When you click
Details (on Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, press ALT+D), you receive the following message:
WINWORD caused an invalid page fault in MSO97.DLL at 0137:30733613.
NOTE: The actual memory address may vary.
CAUSE
This error may be caused by having two or more Visual Basic for Applications modules each containing subroutines with the same name in the your template.
For example, the following scenario will cause the error:
Module name Macro name
------------------------------
Module1 Main()
Module2 Main()
RESOLUTION
To resolve the problem described in this article, obtain
and install the latest Microsoft Word 97 update from
the following Microsoft Web site:
IMPORTANT NOTE: Microsoft Word 97 post-service
release fixes are cumulative. The latest update contains
all of the fixes since Service Release 2. If you install
the latest update for Word 97, you do not need to install
any other updates after Service Release 2.
For additional information about the fixes included in the latest update for Word 97, click the article number below
to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
265374 WD97: Post Service Release Fixes for Word 97
WORKAROUND
Rename the macro or macros so they contain unique names. For example:
Module Name Macro Name
---------------------------------
Module1 Module1Main()
Module2 Module2Main()
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Word 2000.
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