XL2000: Cut and Paste Operation in Visual Basic Procedure Hangs Excel

ID: Q231144

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you run a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications procedure, you receive the following error message

Run-time error '-2147417848 (80010108)':

Automation error

and Microsoft Excel appears to stop responding. You can click the menus and toolbar buttons, but you cannot select any cells on the worksheet.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:

The procedure contains a line of code similar to the following:
```
Range("a1").Cut Destination:=Range("c3") 
```
-and-
You have applied Conditional Formatting rules to the cells that the procedure is cutting.

WORKAROUND

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To work around this problem, use the Copy and ClearContents methods instead of the Cut method. The following sample macro demonstrates how to do this:


Sub WorkAroundCut()
        ' The line below
        ' Range("a1").Cut Destination:=Range("c3")
        ' can be replaced by the following 2 lines 
	Range("a1").Copy Destination:=Range("c3")
	Range("a1").ClearContents
End Sub

STATUS

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

Additional query words: XL2000 hang hangs hanging hung lock up locks locking locked lockup freeze freezes freezing froze frozen stop stopping stopped won't respond waiting

Keywords : kbcode
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug