XL97: Access Violation or Page Fault Closing a Microsoft Excel Worksheet Object (176242)

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Example of the Problem

To see an example of this problem, follow these steps.

Create the WorkbookBeforeClose Event Handler

1. Start Excel.
2. If you do not have a Personal Macro Workbook (Personal.xls), create one; otherwise, proceed to step 3 if you already have a Personal Macro Workbook. To create this workbook, follow these steps:
   
   
   1. On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Record New Macro.
   2. Click Personal Macro Workbook in the Store Macro In list, and then click OK.
   3. On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Stop Recording.
3. Start the Visual Basic Editor (press ALT+F11).
4. Press CTRL+R to switch to the Project Explorer Window.
5. In the Project Explorer window, click to select VBAProject (PERSONAL.XLS).
6. On the Insert menu, click Class Module to insert a Class module.
7. Type the following code into the class module:

          Public WithEvents App As Application
   
          Private Sub App_WorkbookBeforeClose(ByVal Wb As Excel.Workbook, _
          Cancel As Boolean)
   
             MsgBox "App_WorkbookBeforeClose"
   
          End Sub
   						

8. In the Project Explorer window of Visual Basic Editor, double-click ThisWorkbook in the current project.
9. Type the following code into the ThisWorkbook module sheet.

   
          Dim X As New Class1
   
          Private Sub Workbook_Open()
   
             Set X.App = Application
   
          End Sub
   						

10. On the File menu, click "Close and Return to Microsoft Excel."
11. Click Exit on the File menu. Click Yes when you are prompted to save the changes in the Personal Macro Workbook.

Inserting Excel Objects into a Word Document

To insert the Excel objects, follow these steps:

1. Start Word.
2. On the Insert menu, click Object. Click Microsoft Excel Worksheet in the Object Type list, and then click OK.
   
   An Excel worksheet object is inserted into your document.
3. Click the Word document to switch to Word.
4. On the Insert menu, click Object. Click Microsoft Excel Worksheet in the Object Type list, and then click OK.
   
   An Excel worksheet object is inserted into your document.
5. Click the Word document to switch to Word.
6. Right-click the first embedded Excel object, point to Worksheet Object on the shortcut menu, and then click Open.
7. Switch to Word.
8. Right-click the second embedded Excel object, point to Worksheet Object on the shortcut menu, and then click Open.
9. Type the following formula into cell A1 of the "Worksheet in Document1 2" workbook, and then press ENTER:

          ='[Worksheet in Document3]Sheet1'!$A$1

10. On the File menu, click "Close & Return to Document1."

You may receive an error message that is similar the messages described in the "Symptoms" section in this article.