MOD2000: Error Messages When You Click Get Button in the "Get Object from SourceSafe" Dialog Box (236552)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office 2000 Developer
This article was previously published under Q236552
Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

SYMPTOMS

When you click Get in the Get Object from SourceSafe dialog box, you may receive the following error message:
Run-time error '-2147220504 (800403e8)':
76: Path not found
NOTE: The numbers in this error message may vary.

This is followed by the error message:
Automation error
After you see these error messages, you cannot use Visual SourceSafe from within the Visual Basic Editor.

When you close the Visual Basic Editor's host application, you receive an error message similar to:
This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down.

If the problem persists, contact the program vendor.
When you click Details (on Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, press ALT+D), you receive the following message:
EXCEL caused an invalid page fault in module unknown at 0000:004a6507.
NOTE: The actual memory address may vary.

-or-

An application error has occurred and an application error log is being generated.

EXCEL.exe
Exception: access violation (0xc0000005), Address: 0x001ce08f
NOTE: The actual memory address may vary.

CAUSE

You receive one or more of these error messages when you click Get in the Get Object from SourceSafe dialog box while the root directory is selected.

RESOLUTION

After you receive the error messages, you must restart Windows.

To prevent these error messages, make sure the root folder is not selected when you click Get in the Get Object from SourceSafe dialog box.

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Open Microsoft Excel.
  2. On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Visual Basic Editor.
  3. On the File menu, click Save projectname.
  4. On the Add-ins menu, point to VBA Source Code Control, and then click Add Project to SourceSafe.
  5. If the Visual SourceSafe Login dialog box appears, type a valid user name and password, and then click OK.
  6. In the Create a new project in the folder box, type vsserror, and click OK (also click Yes if prompted to create the new project).
  7. In the File Type list, click All. Click to select all the files in the Files to be checked in list, and then click OK.
  8. On the Add-ins menu, point to VBA Source Code Control, and then click Get Object from SourceSafe.
  9. In the Get Object from SourceSafe dialog box, select the root folder. Click Get.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:8/6/2002
Keywords:kbbug KB236552
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