I was making an application and I went to hide the formula bar and make it full screen in my Workbook_Activate event, then show the formula bar and make it windowed(is that a word?) in my Workbook_Deactivate event. I actually struggled with this for a while. I kept having a problem with the formula bar showing up when it wasn't supposed to or disappearing when I wanted it there. I finally got it to work by making sure I used the DisplayFullScreen first and only then using the DisplayFormulaBar method.
Does anyone know why you would need to put these in a specific order for them to work together? I couldn't find anything when I was looking for it.
I'm using Excel 2010.
EDIT: Here's my code.
Private Sub Workbook_Activate()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
ThisWorkbook.Sheets(2).Activate
ActiveWindow.DisplayGridlines = False
ActiveWindow.DisplayHeadings = False
ThisWorkbook.Sheets(1).Activate
ActiveWindow.DisplayGridlines = False
ActiveWindow.DisplayHeadings = False
Application.DisplayFullScreen = True
Application.DisplayFormulaBar = False
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
Private Sub Workbook_Deactivate()
Application.DisplayFullScreen = False
Application.DisplayFormulaBar = True
End Sub
This is from the MSDN documentation: "Toolbars, the status bar, and the formula bar maintain separate display settings for full-screen mode and normal mode."
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ff838060.aspx
I was searching for mostly DisplayFormulaBar topics since that was what was showing up strangely for me. Hopefully this helps anyone who searches for it in the future.
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My Excel tool performs a long task, and I'm trying to be kind to the user by providing a progress report in the status bar, or in some cell in the sheet, as shown below. But the screen doesn't refresh, or stops refreshing at some point (e.g. 33%). The task eventually completes but the progress bar is useless.
What can I do to force a screen update?
For i=1 to imax ' imax is usually 30 or so
fractionDone=cdbl(i)/cdbl(imax)
Application.StatusBar = Format(fractionDone, "0%") & "done..."
' or, alternatively:
' statusRange.value = Format(fractionDone, "0%") & "done..."
' Some code.......
Next i
I'm using Excel 2003.
Add a DoEvents function inside the loop, see below.
You may also want to ensure that the Status bar is visible to the user and reset it when your code completes.
Sub ProgressMeter()
Dim booStatusBarState As Boolean
Dim iMax As Integer
Dim i As Integer
iMax = 10000
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
''//Turn off screen updating
booStatusBarState = Application.DisplayStatusBar
''//Get the statusbar display setting
Application.DisplayStatusBar = True
''//Make sure that the statusbar is visible
For i = 1 To iMax ''// imax is usually 30 or so
fractionDone = CDbl(i) / CDbl(iMax)
Application.StatusBar = Format(fractionDone, "0%") & " done..."
''// or, alternatively:
''// statusRange.value = Format(fractionDone, "0%") & " done..."
''// Some code.......
DoEvents
''//Yield Control
Next i
Application.DisplayStatusBar = booStatusBarState
''//Reset Status bar display setting
Application.StatusBar = False
''//Return control of the Status bar to Excel
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
''//Turn on screen updating
End Sub
Text boxes in worksheets are sometimes not updated
when their text or formatting is changed, and even
the DoEvent command does not help.
As there is no command in Excel to refresh a worksheet
in the way a user form can be refreshed, it is necessary
to use a trick to force Excel to update the screen.
The following commands seem to do the trick:
- ActiveSheet.Calculate
- ActiveWindow.SmallScroll
- Application.WindowState = Application.WindowState
Put a call to DoEvents in the loop.
This will affect performance, so you might want to only call it on each, say, 10th iteration.
However, if you only have 30, that's hardly an issue.
#Hubisans comment worked best for me.
ActiveWindow.SmallScroll down:=1
ActiveWindow.SmallScroll up:=1
Specifically, if you are dealing with a UserForm, then you might try the Repaint method. You might encounter an issue with DoEvents if you are using event triggers in your form. For instance, any keys pressed while a function is running will be sent by DoEvents The keyboard input will be processed before the screen is updated, so if you are changing cells on a spreadsheet by holding down one of the arrow keys on the keyboard, then the cell change event will keep firing before the main function finishes.
A UserForm will not be refreshed in some cases, because DoEvents will fire the events; however, Repaint will update the UserForm and the user will see the changes on the screen even when another event immediately follows the previous event.
In the UserForm code it is as simple as:
Me.Repaint
This worked for me:
ActiveWindow.SmallScroll down:=0
or more simply:
ActiveWindow.SmallScroll 0
I couldn't gain yet the survey of an inherited extensive code. And exact this problem bugged me for months. Many approches with DoEnvents were not helpful.
Above answer helped. Placeing this Sub in meaningful positions in the code worked even in combination with progress bar
Sub ForceScreenUpdate()
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Application.EnableEvents = True
Application.Wait Now + #12:00:01 AM#
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Application.EnableEvents = False
End Sub
This is not directly answering your question at all, but simply providing an alternative. I've found in the many long Excel calculations most of the time waiting is having Excel update values on the screen. If this is the case, you could insert the following code at the front of your sub:
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Application.EnableEvents = False
and put this as the end
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Application.EnableEvents = True
I've found that this often speeds up whatever code I'm working with so much that having to alert the user to the progress is unnecessary. It's just an idea for you to try, and its effectiveness is pretty dependent on your sheet and calculations.
On a UserForm two things worked for me:
I wanted a scrollbar in my form on the left. To do that, I first had to add an Arabic language to "Change administrative language" in the Language settings of Windows 10 (Settings->Time & Language->Change Administrative Language). The setting is actually for "Change the language of Non-Unicode Programs," which I changed to Arabic (Algerian). Then in the properties of the form I set the "Right to Left" property to True. From there the form still drew a partial ghost right scrollbar at first, so I also had to add an unusual timed message box:
Dim AckTime As Integer, InfoBox As Object
Set InfoBox = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
'Set the message box to close after 10 seconds
AckTime = 1
Select Case InfoBox.Popup("Please wait.", AckTime, "This is your Message Box", 0)
Case 1, -1
End Select
I tried everything to get the screen to redraw again to show the first text box in it's proper alignment in the form, instead of partially underneath or at least immediately adjacent to the scrollbar instead of 4 pixels to the right where I wanted it. Finally I got this off another Stackoverflow post (which I now can't find or I would credit it) that worked like a charm:
Me.Frame1.Visible = False
Me.Frame1.Visible = True
In my case the problem was in trying to make one shape visible and another one invisible on a worksheet.
This is my approach to "inactivating" a button [shape] once the user has clicked it. The two shapes are the same size and in the same place, but the "inactive" version has dimmer colors, which was a good approach, but it didn't work, because I could never get the screen to update after changing .visible = FALSE to = TRUE and vice versa.
None of the relevant tricks in this thread worked. But today I found a solution that worked for me, at this link on Reddit
Essentially you just call DoEvents twice in immediate succession after the code that makes the changes. Now why? I can't say, but it did work.
I've been trying to solve this Force a screen update on a Worksheet (not a userform) for many years with limited success with
doevents and scrolling etc.. This CH Oldie solutions works best with a slight mod.
I took out the Wait and reset ScreenUpdating and EnableEvents back to true.
This works office excel 2002 through to office 365
Sub Sheet1Mess(Mess1 As String)
Sheet1.Range("A6").Value = Mess1
ForceScreenUpdate
End Sub
Sub ForceScreenUpdate()
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Application.EnableEvents = True
' Application.Wait Now + #12:00:01 AM#
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Application.EnableEvents = False
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Application.EnableEvents = True
End Sub
I've been learning today some VBA basics to apply in powerpoint, but I have some experience in some other languages. As title says, I want a picture to be shown after I click on 3 other pictures before that. When any of this 3 pictures are clicked, they trigger a tick to be shown above that image, and I'm using those as a refer to code my macro. I have the following:
Sub Condicion()
Set Diapo14 = ActivePresentation.Slides(14)
If Diapo14.Shapes("tick1").Visible = True And _
Diapo14.Shapes("tick2").Visible = True And _
Diapo14.Shapes("tick3").Visible = True Then
Diapo14.Shapes("FlechaDer").Visible = True
End If
End Sub
I have the picture I want to show (FlechaDer) with a disappear effect as soon as the slide starts, but no matter what I do, when I test the slide, the picture is always there. Maybe I'm not applying the correct approach, hope someone can help me. I'm not even sure if this can be done in PowerPoint.
I got it working with the code below. I had to replace the "ticks" in the If cycle, and instead of them I used the pictures that once clicked popped up the ticks:
Sub Can12()
Set Diapo12 = ActivePresentation.Slides(12)
Diapo12.Shapes("Can").Visible = False
If Diapo12.Shapes("Can").Visible = False And Diapo12.Shapes("Wool").Visible = False And Diapo12.Shapes("Pencil").Visible = False Then
Diapo12.Shapes("FlechaDer").Visible = True
End If
End Sub
Sub Wool12()
Set Diapo12 = ActivePresentation.Slides(12)
Diapo12.Shapes("Wool").Visible = False
If Diapo12.Shapes("Can").Visible = False And Diapo12.Shapes("Wool").Visible = False And Diapo12.Shapes("Pencil").Visible = False Then
Diapo12.Shapes("FlechaDer").Visible = True
End If
End Sub
Sub Pencil12()
Set Diapo12 = ActivePresentation.Slides(12)
Diapo12.Shapes("Pencil").Visible = False
If Diapo12.Shapes("Can").Visible = False And Diapo12.Shapes("Wool").Visible = False And Diapo12.Shapes("Pencil").Visible = False Then
Diapo12.Shapes("FlechaDer").Visible = True
End If
End Sub
It worked fine on activating an animation (Right Arrow popping up) when all 3 items were clicked. I had to add the corresponding macro to the picture. (Can, wool and pencil)
I am trying to run this simple VBA code when opening excel workbook.
Private Sub Workbook_Open()
Application.CommandBars.ExecuteMso ("HideRibbon")
ActiveWindow.DisplayHorizontalScrollBar = False
ActiveWindow.DisplayHeadings = False
ActiveWindow.DisplayGridlines = False
Application.DisplayFormulaBar = False
End Sub
However, this works 50% of times and I'm still wondering why. In one of the sheet there is conditional formatting that I have to keep for reporting purposes). I have tried many solutions suggested in this community but they didn't work at all.
Can somebody help me to figure it out?
Many thanks
I tried to look for answers but am not finding anything that has worked so far. I have some code that works for some people and doesn't work for others (using same version of Excel) when running this code:
Private Sub Workbook_Open()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Application.ExecuteExcel4Macro "SHOW.TOOLBAR(""Ribbon"",False)"
Application.DisplayFormulaBar = False
Sheets("Discount").Activate
ActiveSheet.Unprotect Password:="01"
ActiveSheet.Range("G14:O15,O18:O19,D29:I29,D31:I31,D33:I33,D35:I35,D37:I37").ClearContents
ActiveSheet.Shapes("Option Button 31").ControlFormat.Value = xlOn
OptionButton31_Click
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
The error shows up at Sheets.("Discount").Activate
the spelling of the worksheet is correct. I also tried
Private Sub Workbook_Open()
ActiveWorkbook.Unprotect Password:="01"
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Application.ExecuteExcel4Macro "SHOW.TOOLBAR(""Ribbon"",False)"
Application.DisplayFormulaBar = False
ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Discount").Activate
ActiveSheet.Unprotect Password:="01"
ActiveSheet.Range("G14:O15,O18:O19,D29:I29,D31:I31,D33:I33,D35:I35,D37:I37").ClearContents
ActiveSheet.Shapes("Option Button 31").ControlFormat.Value = xlOn
OptionButton31_Click
ActiveWorkbook.Protect Password:="01"
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
And still getting the error. I am having a hard time figuring it out because it works for me every time, but doesn't for other people.
Solution 1:
Instead of Sheets.("Discount").Activate write Sheets("Discount").Activate and it should work. E.g., remove the dot.
Solution 2:
If this does not work, try to make sure that this sheet is visible. E.g. write before the line with the error the following:
Sheets("Discount").Visible = True
In general, in VBA try to avoid ActiveSheet, ActiveWorkbook, ActiveCell -
How to avoid using Select in Excel VBA
As noted by #Mat's Mug, consider using Worksheets("Discount").Visible, when you refer to Worksheets, because the Sheets collection contains Charts as well.
Try using:
Sheets("Discount").Visible
Sheets("Discount").Select
If this doesn't work, let me know and I'll see if there's anything else I can recommend. If you make a note of any error messages, this may help. Also, try running it with screenupdating not turned off as the person above suggested - then you will see if there's a specific action that's making it fall over.
My Excel tool performs a long task, and I'm trying to be kind to the user by providing a progress report in the status bar, or in some cell in the sheet, as shown below. But the screen doesn't refresh, or stops refreshing at some point (e.g. 33%). The task eventually completes but the progress bar is useless.
What can I do to force a screen update?
For i=1 to imax ' imax is usually 30 or so
fractionDone=cdbl(i)/cdbl(imax)
Application.StatusBar = Format(fractionDone, "0%") & "done..."
' or, alternatively:
' statusRange.value = Format(fractionDone, "0%") & "done..."
' Some code.......
Next i
I'm using Excel 2003.
Add a DoEvents function inside the loop, see below.
You may also want to ensure that the Status bar is visible to the user and reset it when your code completes.
Sub ProgressMeter()
Dim booStatusBarState As Boolean
Dim iMax As Integer
Dim i As Integer
iMax = 10000
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
''//Turn off screen updating
booStatusBarState = Application.DisplayStatusBar
''//Get the statusbar display setting
Application.DisplayStatusBar = True
''//Make sure that the statusbar is visible
For i = 1 To iMax ''// imax is usually 30 or so
fractionDone = CDbl(i) / CDbl(iMax)
Application.StatusBar = Format(fractionDone, "0%") & " done..."
''// or, alternatively:
''// statusRange.value = Format(fractionDone, "0%") & " done..."
''// Some code.......
DoEvents
''//Yield Control
Next i
Application.DisplayStatusBar = booStatusBarState
''//Reset Status bar display setting
Application.StatusBar = False
''//Return control of the Status bar to Excel
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
''//Turn on screen updating
End Sub
Text boxes in worksheets are sometimes not updated
when their text or formatting is changed, and even
the DoEvent command does not help.
As there is no command in Excel to refresh a worksheet
in the way a user form can be refreshed, it is necessary
to use a trick to force Excel to update the screen.
The following commands seem to do the trick:
- ActiveSheet.Calculate
- ActiveWindow.SmallScroll
- Application.WindowState = Application.WindowState
Put a call to DoEvents in the loop.
This will affect performance, so you might want to only call it on each, say, 10th iteration.
However, if you only have 30, that's hardly an issue.
#Hubisans comment worked best for me.
ActiveWindow.SmallScroll down:=1
ActiveWindow.SmallScroll up:=1
Specifically, if you are dealing with a UserForm, then you might try the Repaint method. You might encounter an issue with DoEvents if you are using event triggers in your form. For instance, any keys pressed while a function is running will be sent by DoEvents The keyboard input will be processed before the screen is updated, so if you are changing cells on a spreadsheet by holding down one of the arrow keys on the keyboard, then the cell change event will keep firing before the main function finishes.
A UserForm will not be refreshed in some cases, because DoEvents will fire the events; however, Repaint will update the UserForm and the user will see the changes on the screen even when another event immediately follows the previous event.
In the UserForm code it is as simple as:
Me.Repaint
This worked for me:
ActiveWindow.SmallScroll down:=0
or more simply:
ActiveWindow.SmallScroll 0
I couldn't gain yet the survey of an inherited extensive code. And exact this problem bugged me for months. Many approches with DoEnvents were not helpful.
Above answer helped. Placeing this Sub in meaningful positions in the code worked even in combination with progress bar
Sub ForceScreenUpdate()
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Application.EnableEvents = True
Application.Wait Now + #12:00:01 AM#
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Application.EnableEvents = False
End Sub
This is not directly answering your question at all, but simply providing an alternative. I've found in the many long Excel calculations most of the time waiting is having Excel update values on the screen. If this is the case, you could insert the following code at the front of your sub:
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Application.EnableEvents = False
and put this as the end
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Application.EnableEvents = True
I've found that this often speeds up whatever code I'm working with so much that having to alert the user to the progress is unnecessary. It's just an idea for you to try, and its effectiveness is pretty dependent on your sheet and calculations.
On a UserForm two things worked for me:
I wanted a scrollbar in my form on the left. To do that, I first had to add an Arabic language to "Change administrative language" in the Language settings of Windows 10 (Settings->Time & Language->Change Administrative Language). The setting is actually for "Change the language of Non-Unicode Programs," which I changed to Arabic (Algerian). Then in the properties of the form I set the "Right to Left" property to True. From there the form still drew a partial ghost right scrollbar at first, so I also had to add an unusual timed message box:
Dim AckTime As Integer, InfoBox As Object
Set InfoBox = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
'Set the message box to close after 10 seconds
AckTime = 1
Select Case InfoBox.Popup("Please wait.", AckTime, "This is your Message Box", 0)
Case 1, -1
End Select
I tried everything to get the screen to redraw again to show the first text box in it's proper alignment in the form, instead of partially underneath or at least immediately adjacent to the scrollbar instead of 4 pixels to the right where I wanted it. Finally I got this off another Stackoverflow post (which I now can't find or I would credit it) that worked like a charm:
Me.Frame1.Visible = False
Me.Frame1.Visible = True
In my case the problem was in trying to make one shape visible and another one invisible on a worksheet.
This is my approach to "inactivating" a button [shape] once the user has clicked it. The two shapes are the same size and in the same place, but the "inactive" version has dimmer colors, which was a good approach, but it didn't work, because I could never get the screen to update after changing .visible = FALSE to = TRUE and vice versa.
None of the relevant tricks in this thread worked. But today I found a solution that worked for me, at this link on Reddit
Essentially you just call DoEvents twice in immediate succession after the code that makes the changes. Now why? I can't say, but it did work.
I've been trying to solve this Force a screen update on a Worksheet (not a userform) for many years with limited success with
doevents and scrolling etc.. This CH Oldie solutions works best with a slight mod.
I took out the Wait and reset ScreenUpdating and EnableEvents back to true.
This works office excel 2002 through to office 365
Sub Sheet1Mess(Mess1 As String)
Sheet1.Range("A6").Value = Mess1
ForceScreenUpdate
End Sub
Sub ForceScreenUpdate()
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Application.EnableEvents = True
' Application.Wait Now + #12:00:01 AM#
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Application.EnableEvents = False
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Application.EnableEvents = True
End Sub