Drag and Drop Chart into Word Processor Inserts Wrong or GPFs (113457)

SYMPTOMS

If you attempt to drag and drop a copy of a Spreadsheet chart into a Word Processor document, Works may insert the wrong chart or cause a general protection (GP) fault in MSWORKS.EXE. This may occur if the open document windows in Works have been cascaded (either with the Cascade option on the Window menu or by simply opening the windows).

Works attempts to copy the active chart when you drag and drop a chart into a Word Processor document. The active chart is the chart in the "active position" on the list displayed under the Chart option of the View menu. The "active position" is the first chart on the list and it can only be changed by choosing Copy from the Edit menu while viewing another chart (then the position of that chart becomes active).

With the Works document windows cascaded, dragging and dropping any chart into the Word Processor will insert a copy of the chart in the "active position" if one exists, otherwise it will cause a GP fault in MSWORKS.EXE.

RESOLUTION

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Works version 3.0 for Windows. This problem was corrected in Works version 3.0a for Windows.

To drag and drop a chart from a Spreadsheet document into a Word Processor document without experiencing the problem, do one of the following:

Choose Copy from the Edit menu while viewing the chart, before dragging it to the Word Processor module (this will make it the chart in the "active position"). -or-
Tile the open document windows by choosing Tile from the Window menu in Works, before dragging the chart to the Word Processor module (the "active position" is not used when the document windows are tiled).

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Incorrect Chart Insertion

Create two different charts using a Works spreadsheet (for example, Chart1 and Chart2) and leave these chart document windows open.
Create a new Word Processor document.
From the Window menu, choose Cascade.
Select Chart2 and drag it into the Word Processor document.

A copy of Chart1 is inserted instead of Chart2.

Steps to Reproduce General Protection (GP) Fault

Create two different charts using a Works spreadsheet (for example, Chart1 and Chart2) and leave these chart document windows open.
While viewing Chart2, choose Copy from the Edit menu (to make the second position on the list the "active position").
Create a new Word Processor document.
Create a new spreadsheet with only one chart (for example, Chart3) and leave the chart document window open.
From the Window menu, choose Cascade.
Select Chart3 and drag it into the Word Processor document.

MSWORKS will cause a GP Fault in MSWORKS.EXE.