ACC2000: Illegal Operation Selecting Controls on a Form

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This article was previously published under Q222457

Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.

Symptoms

If you try to select multiple controls in different sections of a form, you may receive the following error message:

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 receive an error message similar to the following:

MSACCESS caused an invalid page fault in module MSACCESS.EXE at 015f:300b8615.

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Resolution

To prevent this problem, select controls within only a single section at a time.

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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More information

Steps to Reproduce Problem

Open the sample database Northwind.mdb.
In the Database window, click Forms under Objects.
Click Customer Phone List, and then click Design.
In the form footer section, click the A button.
Hold down the SHIFT key and click CompanyNameLabel.

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References

For more information about changing the properties of more than one control at a time, click Microsoft Access Help on the Help menu, type change the properties of several text boxes or other controls at once in form or report in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

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