XL5: GP Fault Inserting or Formatting Picture on a Chart

• Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel, when you insert a picture on a chart, and you format the chart series displayed with the picture, you receive a general protection (GP) fault if you are using the Microsoft Windows 8514/a video driver.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when you insert a .PCX or .BMP graphic image on your chart. The GP fault occurs while the graphic image is redrawn on the chart.

WORKAROUND

To avoid receiving a GP fault when you insert a picture on a chart or format a series on a chart that is represented by a picture, do either of the following:

• Use the Microsoft Windows VGA video driver (VGA.DRV) instead of the 8514/a video driver.

  -or-

• Insert a .WMF format graphic file in your chart instead of a .BMP file or a .PCX format graphic file.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0

REFERENCES

For more information about Creating And Formatting Picture Markers, choose the Search button in Help and type:

   pictures, replacing data markers with