XL97: Error Opening Workbook That Contains Very Long Strings (172638)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q172638 SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to open a workbook in Microsoft Excel 97, 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, you receive the following error message
EXCEL caused an invalid page fault in module EXCEL.EXE at
<address>.
where <address> is one of the following addresses:
0137:300fd7c7
0137:300d2d0a
CAUSE
This problem may occur if any cells in worksheets in the workbook contain
more than 2,000 characters.
WORKAROUND
If this problem occurs, you cannot open the workbook. However, it may be
possible to recover the data in the workbook. For additional information
about how to do this, please see the following articles in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:
142117 Excel: Summary of Methods to Recover Data from Corrupted Files
147216 XL: Linking to Data in a Damaged File (5.0 and Later)
If you can recover data from the damaged workbook and place the data in a
new workbook, perform either of the following tasks:
- For any cells in the new workbook that contain more than 2,000
characters, clear the cells. To do this, select the cells and either
press DELETE or point to Clear on the Edit menu, and then click
Contents.
-or-
- For any cells in the new workbook that contain more than 2,000
characters, split the contents of the cells into two or more cells, so
that each of the cells contains less than 2,000 characters.
After you clear or split all of the cells that contain more than 2,000
characters, save the new workbook. When you close the new workbook, you can
reopen it.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article. This problem no longer occurs in
Microsoft Excel 2000.
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| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 10/22/2000 |
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| Keywords: | kberrmsg kbprb KB172638 |
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