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Access Releases 7 Issue Fixes in Version 2311 (Released November 25th, 2023)
I can now confirm that the cause if this crash is much simpler than I first observed:
If a form contains a WebBrowser control which is not visible and the Navigate method is used to view a local file, Access V2311 crashes.
If the WebBrowser control is visible when the form is loaded or made visible via code, then it navigates to about:blank when it initialises. However having done this, it will no longer view local files. Any attempt to navigate to a local file causes a navigation error with StatusCode 10 - Operation cancelled. This is a known limitation that the control will not support mixed browsing of both web pages and local files - a major limitation.
The only way to prevent the crash and to be able to navigate to local files is to set the ControlSource to show a local file before making the control visible or attempting to navigate.
I have a demo database available if required.
V2312 has only become available to the Current Channel yesterday. I will test V2312 as soon as my system updates.