PageMaker 4.0 and General Protection Faults

ID: Q82522

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a, 3.1, 3.11

SUMMARY

This article contains information on the following topics concerning running Aldus PageMaker version 4.0 and Microsoft Windows:

GP Fault Exiting PageMaker

PageMaker GP Faults Printing Imported Micrografx File

GP Fault in PageMaker 4.0 Using Leaders with Tabs Feature

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GP Fault Exiting PageMaker

Aldus PageMaker 4.0 may cause a general protection (GP) fault when you quit PageMaker after printing several documents in Windows 3.1. This error occurs if you print multiple files one after the other without closing the last file loaded. You may be able to work around this problem by closing each file before you load the next file you want to print.

Note: With Windows 3.0, this error occurs as a unrecoverable application error.

PageMaker GP Faults Printing Imported Micrografx File

PageMaker 4.0 produces a GP fault if you attempt to print an imported Micrografx Charisma file to a Hewlett-Packard (HP) LaserJet Series III printer when using Windows 3.1. This problem can also occur with Micrografx Designer and Draw.

Note: With Windows 3.0, this error occurs as a unrecoverable application error.

To work around this problem, do not use the PageMaker Place command to import the graphic. Instead, do the following:

Start Charisma and select the graphic.

From the Edit menu, choose Copy.

Start PageMaker.

From the Edit menu, choose Paste.

GP Fault in PageMaker 4.0 Using Leaders with Tabs Feature

If you are using the PageMaker 4.0 Leaders with Tabs (table of contents) feature and you increase the font size to 7 points or greater, you may receive a general protection (GP) fault when you print from PageMaker or from another application running with Windows 3.1. In addition, you may receive the following error message:

PageMaker caused a General Protection Fault in PM4.EXE at 0049:00FC

This error occurs if you use Tabs with Dot Leaders but there isn't enough space between the words for PageMaker to image the dots. Reducing the point size of the text or eliminating the dot-leaders should correct this problem as long as PageMaker allows the text to be imaged.

If PageMaker cannot display the text, and therefore continues to cause GP faults, you can work around the problem with the following procedure:

Restart PageMaker without opening the file causing the GP fault.

Adjust the application window so that only the title bar and the menu bar are visible.

Open the document that causes the GP fault. Since PageMaker doesn't have to image the file, it can open the document without causing a GP fault.

From the Edit menu, choose Preferences, then choose Other.

Set Stretch Text Above and Vector Text Above to 650 pixels and choose OK.

Set Greek Text Below to 650 pixels and choose OK.

Save the document.

When you adjust the application window and the document window, all the text on screen should be in Greek, allowing you to reduce the point size, increase the space between words, or eliminate the dot-leaders.

Change the Greek Text Below setting to the previous level to see the text again.

Greeked text allows PageMaker to indicate where the text should be by displaying gray bars instead of text. This way PageMaker doesn't attempt to display any of the text, or in this case, the dots that should be between the text. Aldus has confirmed this to be a problem in PageMaker 4.0. For more information, contact Aldus Technical Support at (425) 628-2040.

Aldus PageMaker version 4.0 is manufactured by Aldus Corporation, a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.

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Version : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a,3.1,3.11
Platform : WINDOWS
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