ACC2: Paste Special or Paste Link Causes GPF in Msaccess.exe

• Microsoft Access 2.0

SYMPTOMS

Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

When you use Paste Special to paste a copied section of a Word document into a bound object frame on a form, you may receive the following error message:

   An error has occurred in your program. To keep working anyway, click
   Ignore and save your work in a new file. To quit this program, click
   Close. You will lose information you entered since your last Save.

   This Program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut
   down. If the problem persists, contact the program vendor.

   MSACCESS caused a general protection fault in module MSACCESS.EXE

WORKAROUND

Use the Insert Object command on the Edit menu.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Access 2.0. This problem no longer occurs in Microsoft Access version 7.0 or 97.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create a new database in Microsoft Access 2.0.

2. Click the Table Tab, and then click New.

3. In the New Table dialog box, click New Table.

4. Type "MyWordOLE" (without the quotation marks) in the Field Name column and select OLE Object from the Data Type column.

5. Save the table as tblOLETest. When prompted to create a primary key, click No.

6. Click the Form tab, and then click New.

7. In the New Form dialog box, select tblOLETest from the Select A Table/Query box, and then click Form Wizards. In the Form Wizards dialog box, select AutoForm and click OK.

8. Open a document in Microsoft Word and select and copy the text.

9. Switch back to Microsoft Access and select the MyWordOLE field in the form.

10. On the Edit menu, click Paste Special.

    Note that you receive the error messages described in the "Symptoms" section.