XL97: Page Fault Displaying Macro Options Dialog Box in Macro

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel 97, if you run a Visual Basic for Applications macro to display the Macro Options dialog box, 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
   0137:3003324b.

CAUSE

This problem occurs if the macro includes the following line of code:

   Application.Dialogs(xlDialogMacroOptions).Show

WORKAROUND

Although it is not possible to programmatically display the Macro Options dialog box, it is possible for a macro to control the settings in the dialog box. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q157108
   TITLE     : XL97: Options not Available in Macro Options Dialog Box

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.

MORE INFORMATION

In Microsoft Excel 97, you can display the Macro Options dialog box by doing the following:

1. On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Macros.

2. In the Macro dialog box, click a macro in the list of macros, and then click Options.

NOTE: In earlier versions of Microsoft Excel, an illegal operation does not occur if you attempt to display the Macro Options dialog box. Instead, you receive the following error message

   Run-time error '1004':
   Show method of Dialog class failed