XL7: "Device I/O Error" Saving Module Sheet as Basic Code

 Last reviewed: September 13, 1996
Article ID: Q135792
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows NT, version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

When you save a Visual Basic for Applications module sheet as Basic code, you may receive the following error message: 

   Device I/O Error

CAUSE

This error will occur under the following conditions:

  • The combination of the filename, the path the file is being saved to, and the file extension, exceeds 127 characters.

    -and-

  • The module sheet is being saved as Basic code.

WORKAROUND

Save the module sheet with a filename that will not (when combined with the path that the file is being saved to and the file extension) exceed 127 characters.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

KBCategory: kbprb
KBSubcategory: xlwin

Additional reference words: 7.00 5.00



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Last reviewed: September 13, 1996
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