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Error Attempted to copy a by reference attribute

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#1

I have a program which is getting an exception when I try and clone a document. For test purposes, the document is blank. The code (when stripped down) looks like

Dim doc As New Aspose.Word.Document("C:\Test.doc")

Dim styleBase As Document = doc.Clone()

Dim blobData As New System.IO.MemoryStream

styleBase.Save(blobData, SaveFormat.FormatDocument)

Dim tempDoc As Document = styleBase.Clone()

If I don't save the file to a memory stream, I don't get an exception. The error I get is "Attempted to copy a by reference attribute '1172', but the attribute does not expose the complex attribute interface.". The document is attached.

#2

Hi,

Thank you for considering Aspose.

Please make sure you are using the most recent version of Aspose.Word. I do not get the exception running your code.

#3

I am using version 3.2.0

#4

Ok although I’m unable to reproduce the issue, we’ll anyway try to fix it asap.

#5

We have just released Aspose.Word 3.2.1.

  • Fixed exception "Attempted to copy a by reference attribute 'xxx'".

    http://www.aspose.com/Community/Blogs/Roman.Korchagin/

    • #6

    I was facing a same problem, thanks for fixing it quickly!