WD97: ErrMsg Inserting If Then Else Field into Envelope (170410)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q170410 SYMPTOMS
When you insert an If Then Else field into a Microsoft Word 97 envelope
mail merge, and you use a Microsoft Excel worksheet as a data source with
the default dynamic data exchange (DDE) method, 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 vendor.
When you click Details, you receive the following message:
WINWORD caused an invalid page fault in module WINWORD.EXE at
0137:<address>
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, follow these steps:
- On the Tools menu, click Mail Merge.
- Under Main Document, click Create, and then click Envelopes.
- Click New Main Document.
- Under Data Source, click Get Data, and then click Open Data Source.
- In the Open Data Source dialog box, click to select the Select Method
check box.
- In the Files Of Type list, click to select MS Excel Worksheets.
- Select the Microsoft Excel worksheet that you want to open, and then
click Open.
- In the Confirm Data Source dialog box, select either "Microsoft Excel
Worksheet via Converter" or "Excel Files via ODBC" and then click OK.
NOTE: Do not select "MS Excel Worksheets via DDE," as this causes the
error message described in the "Symptoms" section of this article.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Word 97 for
Windows.
Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 11/14/2000 |
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Keywords: | kberrmsg kbfield kbinterop kbmerge kbprb KB170410 |
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