Could be a buggy printer driver...Have you tried to see what it does on a
another printer, or alternatively just re-installing your current printer.
Spool32.exe by the way is the Windows print service, and you need it to
print anything!

Andy

-----Original Message-----
From: Bret Pelkey [mailto:bret.pelkey@a...]
Sent: 20 March 2001 16:09
To: professional vb
Subject: [pro_vb] RE: illegal operation


Have a similar problem, after opening and editing an AR designer form
(Report) if I do not close the AR form and save the project and wait 3
seconds. I get PF error running or opening other project files. Let me know
if you find a better solution or work around.

Bret

-----Original Message-----
From:	Rajesh Sivadasan [mailto:nightriders2@y...]
Sent:	Monday, March 19, 2001 10:11 PM
To:	professional vb
Subject:	[pro_vb] illegal operation

hi,
Can any one tell me about the common error message "This program has 
performed an illegal operation and will be shut down".
 What causes this message to appear?
My config-
    OS- Win98, PIII-555 Mhz, 160MB RAM
    VB6 / MSAccess97
I am using a third party s/w "Activereports" to generate reports from my 
application. Whenver I run a particular report and after that open a 
particular form  this error message appears and the application is 
closed down.
 I think the file c:\windows\system\spool32.exe has something to do with 
this because if i end this task from the task manager after running the 
report and then try to open that particular form it works successfully 
but the problem is that all the installed printers gets vanished from 
the printers folder and further printing becomes impossible and I have 
to restart the machine to get the installed printers back.
 Somebody please help me with this. I am in urgent need.
Thanks.
-Rajesh Sivadasan
 S/W Developer
 Infoworld Consultancy , Pune.