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Q318704: FIX: Fatal Exception Error When You Use CreateObjectEx() with Ex

Article: Q318704
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): 7.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbCOMt kbGrpDSFox kbDSupport kbCodeSnippet kbvfp700 _IK283 kbVFP700sp1fix
Last Modified: 10-APR-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 7.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you use the CreateObjectEx() function to create an Excel.Application
object, and you reference a property of the Excel.Application object, you may
receive one of the following error messages:

In Microsoft Visual FoxPro 7.0:

  Fatal error: Exception code=C0000005

-or-

  Member ACTIVEDIALOG does not evaluate to an object.

In Visual FoxPro 7.0 Service Pack 1:

  OLE error code 0x8002802b: Element not found.

RESOLUTION
==========

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Visual FoxPro for
Windows 7.0. For additional information, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q316964 How to Obtain the Latest Visual FoxPro for Windows 7.0 Service Pack

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Visual FoxPro for
Windows 7.0.

This problem was first corrected in Visual FoxPro for Windows 7.0 Service Pack 1.

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Behavior:

1. Paste the following code in a program (.prg) file named Test, and then run
  the program from the Command window:

  SET RESOURCE OFF
  PUBLIC x AS Excel.Application
  x = CREATEOBJECTEX("excel.application","",;
        "{000208D5-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}")
  x.Quit
  x = CREATEOBJECTEX("excel.application","",;
        "{000208D5-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}")
  x.ActiveDialog.Comments
  x.Quit
  RELEASE x
  RETURN

2. Save and close the program.

3. Run Test.prg from the Command window.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbCOMt kbGrpDSFox kbDSupport kbCodeSnippet kbvfp700 _IK283 kbVFP700sp1fix 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP700
Version           : :7.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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