XL97: Illegal Operation Saving Workbook

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you save a Microsoft Excel 97 workbook, you may receive the following error message:

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

   EXCEL caused an invalid page fault in module EXCEL.EXE at
   0137:3010c858.

CAUSE

This problem may occur when all of the following conditions are true:

• You protect a worksheet in a workbook.

      -and-
  

• You attempt to insert an object into the protected worksheet.

  NOTE: A warning message appears, and you cannot insert the object into the protected worksheet.

      -and-
  

• You then save the workbook.

RESOLUTION

To prevent this problem from occurring, do not insert an object into a protected worksheet. If you must insert an object into a protected worksheet, unprotect the worksheet, insert the object, and then reprotect the worksheet.

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.

REFERENCES

For more information about protecting worksheets, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text

   protecting, worksheets