OFF95: Illegal Operation When You Try to View Macro in Binder (134277)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Excel for Windows 95
  • Microsoft Office for Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q134277

SYMPTOMS

If you are in a Microsoft Excel worksheet section of a Microsoft Office Binder and you try to view a Visual Basic macro by clicking Show in the Object Browser, you will 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.
Your only option is to click Close; clicking Close will shut down Microsoft Office Binder. Any changes made since the last save are lost.

WORKAROUND

To view a Visual Basic for Applications macro that is in a Microsoft Office Binder, do the following:

  1. On the Section menu, click View Outside.
  2. On the Tools menu, click Macro.
  3. Click once on the name of the macro you want to view.
  4. Click the Edit button.
The macro will appear.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/16/2005
Keywords:KB134277
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