PPT97: Visual Basic Error Moving a Slide with an ActiveX Control to Another Presentation (216786)
This article was previously published under Q216786
SYMPTOMS
When you move a slide that contains an ActiveX control from one PowerPoint presentation to another, you may receive the following Microsoft Visual Basic error message:
System Error &H80040201 (-2147220991). Unable to obtain server's security context
This error, however, does not keep the control from working.
CAUSE
You will receive this error when a slide containing ActiveX Form Controls is moved to a presentation with a different slide size (Page Setup).
WORKAROUND
If you move the slide to another presentation with the same page size, you will not get the error.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.
Modification Type: |
Major |
Last Reviewed: |
9/4/2001 |
Keywords: |
kbbug kberrmsg kbgpf KB216786 |
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