Out of Stack Space error in Word 2002.

[John Leonard]

Hello,
I work in a company where our secretaries use Word 2002 with a number
of templates that were prepared for us by an outside firm. Since we've
begun using them, sometimes we get "Out of Stack Space" when we try to
save files. At this point, Word usually freezes and a great deal of
time is wasted before it can be used again. The company that created
these templates was essentially a contact of a consultant who no
longer works here. I suppose the correct solution would be to debug
the macros and what not in these templates but that's not going to
happen. Is there a reasonably quick fix for this? Something like
increasing the stack space available to vba?

John Leonard

 

[Cindy Meister -WordMVP-]

Hi John,

I work in a company where our secretaries use Word 2002 with a number
of templates that were prepared for us by an outside firm. Since we've
begun using them, sometimes we get "Out of Stack Space" when we try to
save files. At this point, Word usually freezes and a great deal of
time is wasted before it can be used again. The company that created
these templates was essentially a contact of a consultant who no
longer works here. I suppose the correct solution would be to debug
the macros and what not in these templates but that's not going to
happen. Is there a reasonably quick fix for this? Something like
increasing the stack space available to vba?

Sorry, no. A message like this indicates, usually, that the program has
a "call back loop" somewhere that's not ending. That's why it runs out
of space. Sort of like a snake swallowing its tail. There's no "quick
fix" for anything like that. Go back to the company that delivered the
templates. If it's a professional company, it shouldn't matter whether
the consultant still works with you. You paid to have a particular job
done, and it has a boo-boo in it that needs to be fixed.

In any case, you must track down under which exact circumstances the
problem occurs. If it were a "common, likely to happen" scenario, the
person who developed the templates probably would have caught it. (And,
once you've figured out what causes it, you can probably avoid it.)

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jan 24 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word

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