XL97: Page Fault Occurs Pasting Input Cells for a Data Table

 Last reviewed: January 7, 1998
Article ID: Q172212
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you paste information in Microsoft Excel 97, error messages similar to the following may appear.

Microsoft Windows 95

   This program has performed an illegal operation and will be
   shut down. If the problem persists, contact the program vendor.
If you click Details, you may receive an error message similar to the following: 

   Excel caused an invalid page fault in module Excel.exe at
   0137:3021354e.

Microsoft Windows NT

   Dr. Watson for Windows NT
   An application error has occurred and an application error log is
   being generated.

   Excel.exe

   Exception: access violation (0xc0000005), Address 0x302141b0.

CAUSE

This problem may occur when you do the following:

  • You select cells that are being used as row input and column input cells in a two-variable data table and click Cut on the Edit menu. 

        -and-
  • You paste the cut cells into a different worksheet.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

REFERENCES

For more information about data tables, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text 

   data tables, creating
and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Create a two-variable data table" topic.

Additional query words: XL97
Keywords : xlgpf kberrmsg
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug

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Last reviewed: January 7, 1998
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