PPT97: Not Enough Memory Using Help in Run-Time Error Message

Last reviewed: March 9, 1998
Article ID: Q164112

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

If you click Help when you receive a run-time error while running Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications code from the Immediate Window, you receive the following error message:

   There is not enough memory for this task. Quit one or more programs to
   increase available memory and then try again.

In contrast, if you receive a run-time error while running the code from a macro, the message box does not contain a Help button and you do not receive the insufficient memory error message.

CAUSE

PowerPoint does not have Help topics for error messages that are generated by running code from the Immediate Window.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

The Immediate Window allows you to run Visual Basic code without adding it to a macro. To open the Immediate Window, start the Visual Basic Editor, and then click Immediate Window on the View menu.

REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q163435
   TITLE     : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for
               Applications

Additional query words: 8.0 8.00 ppt8 RTE powerpnt ppt8.0 ppt97
Keywords : kbcode kberrmsg kbmacro kbprg kbdta kbdtacode kbpptvba
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Hardware : x86
Issue type : kbprb

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Last reviewed: March 9, 1998
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