ACC2: Paste Special or Paste Link Causes GPF in Msaccess.exe
ID: Q178263
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The information in this article applies to:
SYMPTOMS
Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.
When you use Paste Special to paste a copied section of a Word document
into a bound object frame on a form, you may receive the following error
message:
An error has occurred in your program. To keep working anyway, click
Ignore and save your work in a new file. To quit this program, click
Close. You will lose information you entered since your last Save.
When you click Close, you receive the second message:
This Program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut
down. If the problem persists, contact the program vendor.
When you click Details, you receive the following message:
MSACCESS caused a general protection fault in module MSACCESS.EXE
Microsoft Access then quits and the Word document is not pasted into the
bound object frame. Note that this behavior occurs if you are using
Microsoft Windows 95, but it does not occur if you are using Microsoft
Windows NT version 4.0.
WORKAROUND
Use the Insert Object command on the Edit menu.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Access 2.0. This
problem no longer occurs in Microsoft Access version 7.0 or 97.
MORE INFORMATION
Steps to Reproduce Behavior
- Create a new database in Microsoft Access 2.0.
- Click the Table Tab, and then click New.
- In the New Table dialog box, click New Table.
- Type MyWordOLE in the Field Name column
and select OLE Object from the Data Type column.
- Save the table as tblOLETest. When prompted to create a primary key,
click No.
- Click the Form tab, and then click New.
- In the New Form dialog box, select tblOLETest from the Select A
Table/Query box, and then click Form Wizards. In the Form Wizards
dialog box, select AutoForm and click OK.
- Open a document in Microsoft Word and select and copy the text.
- Switch back to Microsoft Access and select the MyWordOLE field in the
form.
- On the Edit menu, click Paste Special.
Note that you receive the error messages described in the "Symptoms"
section.
Keywords : EvnGpf IntpOle
Version : WINDOWS:2.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug