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Igor Livshits <igorl@uiuc.edu> writes:

>Howdy,

>My apologies if this bug was reported before...

>Apparently, Excel 4.0 does not like it when the Balloon Help menu has
>been hidden.  I have repeatedly hit a bus error while working with charts
>in Excel.  The other features seem to work fine, but while in a charting
>window, numerous actions trigger a crash (especially, while dialogs and
>windows are activating or deactivating).

>These errors appear to be independent of which control panel or extension
>hid the BH menu.  I have repeated the crash with SpeedyFinder7 about 57
>times this afternoon.  When I originally got the upgrade, I experienced
>similar crashes.  They mysteriously went away after I stopped using an
>extension (No Help Menu, I think -- the icon was a cracked help balloon)
>and have surfaced again today as I was working with Excel.

>Running SpeedyFinder7 with BH menu showing has not had any detrimental
>effects on Excel, yet.  These crashes have been confirmed on an fx and a
>ci.  Both running 7.0.1 with tuner 1.1.1.  Addressing mode does not seem
>to matter.

>Question is, why the &*&*(^&*^* does Excel rely on the BH menu being
>visible?

Try using a INIT called "CramBar", it condenses the Chicago
font in the menu bar so that Excel (*in particular*) won't
"crush" the Ballon Help. (works fine with 7.1-)
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