Bug when using copy paste on ActiveX controls in WordXP

[Jens Wallman]

Ok, try the following:
In an empty document insert an ActiveX control for
example Microsoft Office Chart 10.0. Make sure the object
is inserted as Inline With text. Click to the right of
the control. Copy the entire document, ctrl-a,ctrl-c. Now
open a new document and paste the ActiveX control on
three seperate pages. When done click on the second
ActiveX control, should be on page 2. Now scroll down to
the end of the document without using the keyboard.
Finally click the big X to shutdown Word. Word now
crashes. Any solution or workaround to this problem?
Since we are writing a program that creates large reports
by copy pasting pages from a document template into a new
document this crash really is a BIG problem for us.

Regards
Jens Wallman
Software Developer
FLIR Systems AB

 

[Malcolm Smith]

Jens

I have no problem here. Have followed your instructions a few times.

- Malc
www.dragondrop.com

 

[Jens Wallman]

-----Original Message-----
Jens

I have no problem here. Have followed your instructions a few times.

- Malc
www.dragondrop.com
.

Strange, I get the problem every single time on every
computer I've tried it on. Are you sure you followed my
instructions exactly? ;-)
The thing is that the ActiveX control on the second page
should be selected(clicked on) and the selection should
not be changed while scrolling down to the end of the
document. The control have to be inserted as an
InlineShape to cause the error. What version of WordXP
are you using? I'm using SP-1, perhaps there is a fix for
it already available?

/Jens