ACC: "Out of Memory" Err Message When Pasting Text into Module

Last reviewed: May 7, 1997
Article ID: Q92679

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Access versions 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 7.0

SYMPTOMS

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

When you paste more than 64 kylobytes (K) of ASCII text from the Clipboard, you may receive an "Out of Memory" message.

CAUSE

In Microsoft Access, you cannot paste more than 64K of ASCII text from the Clipboard. This message appears even if the code translates into less than 64K of pseudocode.

RESOLUTION

Paste the text into the module in more than one step. Each paste operation must contain less than 64K of text.

Additional query words: copy
Keywords : EvnOs kbenv kberrmsg
Version : 1.0 1.1 2.0 7.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Hardware : X86
Issue type : kbprb
Resolution Type : kbworkaround

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Last reviewed: May 7, 1997
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