OL2000: Illegal Operation or Application Error Pressing ESC in Visual Basic Editor (224893)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Outlook 2000
This article was previously published under Q224893

SYMPTOMS

While using the Visual Basic Editor with Outlook, if you press the ESC key you may receive one of the following error messages:

  • With Windows NT
    An application error has occurred and an application error log is being generated.

    Outlook.exe

    Exception access violation (0xc0000005), Address: 0x6501c5de.
  • With Windows 95/98
    This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down.

    If the problem persists contact the program vendor.

    OUTLOOK caused an invalid page fault in module VBE6.DLL at 015f:6501c5de.
Following these errors the Visual Basic Editor and Outlook close unexpectedly.

CAUSE

This problem occurs with the Visual Basic Editor because the ThisOutlookSession does not expose any objects.

RESOLUTION

Avoid pressing the ESC key while the Outlook Application list is expanded. Click to close the expanded list.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

  1. Start Outlook.
  2. On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Visual Basic Editor.
  3. In the Visual Basic Editor, click to expand Project 1 and then Microsoft Outlook Objects.
  4. Click to select ThisOutlookSession.
  5. Click the Outlook Application list so that it expands.
  6. Press ESC.
You will receive one of the error messages mentioned in the Symptoms section.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:9/29/2003
Keywords:kbbug kbpending KB224893
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