GP Fault Dragging Data to Excel Worksheet with Active Object

• Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel, you receive a general protection (GP) fault when you drag information in another application to a cell on a worksheet if the worksheet contains an active object.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs only if an object on a Microsoft Excel worksheet is open for in-place editing when you drag information from another application to the worksheet. For example, if you activate a Microsoft Word 6.0 document object on a Microsoft Excel worksheet, and you then drag a task in a Microsoft Project project to a cell on the worksheet, you receive a GP fault. This problem does not occur if an object on a Microsoft Excel worksheet is open in the application that was used to create the object (the client application).

WORKAROUND

To avoid receiving a GP fault when you drag information in another application to a cell on a Microsoft Excel worksheet, make sure that any objects located on the destination worksheet are not active by selecting any cell on the worksheet before you drag the information to the 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.

MORE INFORMATION

You can move data between Microsoft Excel and certain other applications by dragging the data as long as the other application also supports OLE. This method is similar to using the Cut and Paste commands; however, this method does not use the Clipboard.

REFERENCES

For an overview of dragging data between applications, choose the Search button in Help and type the following:

    dragging, between applications