Article ID: 168904
Article Last Modified on 10/22/2000
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q168904
SYMPTOMS
When you open a Microsoft Excel 97 worksheet in your Internet browser
and click a macro button, 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.
If you click Details, receive the following message:
EXCEL has caused an invalid page fault in
module EXCEL.EXE at 0137:3047ad12.
If you click Close, Microsoft Excel shuts down, and your Internet browser
does not refresh correctly or stops responding.
CAUSE
This problem occurs when you do the following:
- You open one of the following sample Spreadsheet Solutions templates
that ship with Microsoft Office:
Expenses Statement.xlt
Invoice.xlt
Purchase Order.xlt
- You click the Customize button or one of the other macro buttons in
the template.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
The Spreadsheet Solutions templates are sample files that can be used in
Microsoft Excel 97. The templates are installed with Microsoft Excel or
Microsoft Office and are provided as sample solutions for common business
needs, such as expenses statements, invoices, and purchase orders. These
templates contain macros that are run from buttons on the worksheets.
However, when you are viewing one of the templates within Microsoft
Internet Explorer or your Internet browser and click a macro button, you
receive the error message mentioned in the "Symptoms" section.
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