I have a macro that takes roughly five seconds to execute and I'm using the code Application.ScreenUpdating = False so it looks like Word has locked up when it's running.
I use a message box at the end to tell them it's complete, but I'd like to display an image during its execution that tells the user the macro is running (primarily so they don't get worried, but also because it's nicer to look at).
There might be an easier way to go about this, but I decided to create an image, create a very basic user form, and simply set my image as its background. Then, I have that user form pop up as soon as the code starts to run.
The problem I'm having is that unless I close it, the rest of the code won't execute. It just hangs until I do something. Is there a way I can get the user form to be displayed without stopping the rest of the process? If not, is there another approach I can take to display an image while the macro is running?
You can show the userform as non-modal:
Userform1.Show False
'do more stuff (doesn't wait for form to close)
Userform1.Hide
I too have found that if you .show a userform at the beginning of the process, images contained within userform take a while to display and the result is less than smooth.
I have solved it by inserting a 1 second "wait" immediately after the userform.show instruction. In that split second, the image loads and displays successfully and the result is seamless.
Here the code. I have 2 macros: 1 to display and 1 to hide. I call the first macro at the beginning of the process just before freezing the screen and the second at the end of the process just before unfreezing the screen
Userform name is "myuserform"
Sub message_show()
userform.Show False
Application.Wait (Now + TimeValue("0:00:01"))
End Sub
Sub message_hide()
Application.Wait (Now + TimeValue("0:00:02"))
userform.Hide
End Sub
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I am running a lot of code for creating some reports.
To see how far the creation of reports has proceeded, I want to show a loading bar on my control sheet.
Therefore I use conditional formatting to create a loading bar in a cell. When a report (=a worksheet) is finished with calculating, the loading bar has reached 100% (full).
The problem I have now shows in updating these loading bars.
When running my code, different macros are executed. The loading bars work for 4-5 Macros, after that the screen freezes until all macros are finished. Where is the problem here?
The filling of the progress bar is done by another macro that turns on screenupdating, sets a new progress value on the sheet and turns screenupdating off.
I recently added a Progress Indicator form to one of my files.
I created a UserForm, added a frame, and a label inside that frame, and a couple of other labels that I could update with specifics later.
I load the userform at the start, and pass the % that has completed and what I want the labels to say to this
Public Sub ProgressUpdate(ByVal dCalc As Double, ByVal Process As String)
With ProgIndi
If .Visible Then
.Process.Caption = Process & "..."
.PercentCompleted.Caption = Int(dCalc * 100) & "% Completed."
.Bar.Width = dCalc * 200
DoEvents
End If
End With
End Sub
At the end of the macro, unload the form. You can leave the ScreenUpdating at False and the form still updates.
Put DoEvents in your loop so that Excel 'catches up' with any actions
Put .Repaint in your loop for your form so that the form itself updates
All:
Thank you in advance, you all have been a tremendous resource!!!
I have a couple of spreadsheets where the sheet is protected, but users can still use filters. I'm processing most of the sheets automatically, but what I need to do, is present the user with the sheets that need to be filtered, then have them select a "Finish" type button or toolbar entry, which I already have.
What I need to be able to do, is to bring this sheet up, pause the macro, if possible, while they make their changes (could be up to 5 filters that they select before the sheet is ready.
Then, copy the visible cells only to a specific sheet and then resume the macro.
I don't think that Worksheet change event will do this.
I'm thinking more on the lines of maybe setting a flag on a spare sheet, firing up the next macro and then see if it can find the original macro and pick up where it is flagged?
I thought about a modeless userform that the user could click OK on and then call the next macro, but that does not work.
The calling code is:
UserForm3.Show
CopyToDisplay "AEP"
LastPos = LastPos + 1
Where AEP is the sheet name to copy the filtered rows from.
Userform displays, but clicking ok does nothing and of course, the macro keeps on going.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Jeff
Jeff let's try this. Your current code:
UserForm3.Show
CopyToDisplay "AEP"
LastPos = LastPos + 1
When we display a UserForm, the default behavior is vbModal, which essentially freezes the application and the user cannot interact with anything but the UserForm, that is not what you want. What you need is a way to display the form, and then just wait for the user to signal that s/he is finished with the input.
So we need to modify a few things:
The UserForm needs to effectively "pause" while also allowing the user to interact with the worksheet. A vbModal form can't do this (it pauses, without interaction), and really neither can a vbModeless (it continues execution AND allows interaction).
Conundrum? No. we can simulate a pause with the vbModeless form, and preserve the user's ability to interact with the sheet. The best of both worlds!!
We will show the form with the optional vbModeless, this allows the user to interact with the rest of the Application /worksheets/etc. Since a modeless form continues code execution, we need to simulate a pause and we can do this with a Loop. The loop will run indefinitely, and only break once the UserForm is closed, at which point the rest of the code will continue to execute.
UserForm3.Show vbModeless
Do While UserForm3.Visible
DoEvents
Loop
LastPos = LastPos + 1
'You MAY need to reset some variables, if the Filter/Autofilter has affected these/etc.
Design-wise, give your form a single Label control and set its .Caption property (and the form's .Caption property) in some useful/instructive way. You could add a command button but that seems unnecessary, since all the button would do is invoke the Terminate event (which can always be done with the red "X")
For your issue with copying (apparent failure to paste), try changing this:
Sheets("AEP").Select
With ActiveSheet
.UsedRange.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible).Copy _
Destination:=Sheets("Display").range("A" & LastPos)
.AutoFilterMode = False
Application.CutCopyMode = False
End With
To this:
With ActiveSheet
.UsedRange.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible).Copy
Sheets("Display").range("A" & LastPos).PasteSpecial
.AutoFilterMode = False
Application.CutCopyMode = False
End With
I have 3 spreadsheets that I am auto-opening every morning using the task scheduler. Upon opening, I have used VBA to automatically update, save, and then close each file.
The code to do this works perfectly, but causes some hassle if I want to open the spreadsheets to edit them (I have to open them specially to not run the macro and therefore automatically close). I want to be able to open the spreadsheets normally for editing without them closing automatically.
A possible solution is to have a MsgBox pop up. If the MsgBox is not acknowledged within 15 seconds (or so), then the file automatically closes. If the MsgBox is acknowledged, then the file does not close.
Does anyone know how to do this?
First
Create a sub routine with name (Close) with following code
Unload UserForm1
Second : call that routine after 15 seconds
Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
tmeKill = Time + TimeValue("00:00:15")
Application.OnTime tmeKill, "Close"
End Sub
I have written a program to print multiple .pdfs with varying file extensions off of an Excel spreadsheet list.
The problem is that it takes anywhere from 30 seconds to a minute for the printer to receive the pdf after the line: Application.SendKeys "^p~", False is called.
To get by this I used Application.Wait (Now + TimeValue("0:01:03")) to wait for a minute (plus 3 seconds just to be safe) before closing the file.
To me there seems like there should be a better way than just causing the program to wait, so I looked around a little and found a question about this lovely gem known as Application.OnTime.
I tried a sample of one of the answers:
Sub test2()
ActiveSheet.Cells(1, 1).Value = ActiveSheet.Cells(1, 1).Value + 1
Application.OnTime Now + TimeValue("00:00:5"), "test2"
End Sub
However when I tried to stop the above code it kept going on an infinite loop and I was unable to stop it until I killed excel using the windows task manager.
I would like to be able to add in a little message box or something of the sort so that the user can click in between the wait time.
So that while the program is waiting for a minute, the user can either manually click and start the program on the next pdf, or click another button to exit if they need to stop printing early. Something like this:
Sub pdfPrinter()
'...
'Insert all the other code here
'...
Application.SendKeys "^p~", False
Application.OnTime Now + TimeValue("00:01:02"), "pdfPrinter"
continue= MsgBox("Click Retry to print again, or cancel to stop printer.", vbRetryCancel)
If continue = vbRetry Then
Call pdfPrinter
ElseIf continue = vbCancel Then
Exit Sub
End If
End Sub
Application.OnTime(unlike Application.Wait) is Asynchronous
so code after
Application.OnTime Now + TimeValue("00:01:02"), "pdfPrinter"
Runs Immediately.
If you want to print another PDF you need to call Application.OnTime with a different schedule of the 1st one.
Now, canceling Application.OnTime, when it is already started is a different story:
To do that you need to store that time that the respective function is scheduled to run and then Cancel it using the following code:
Application.OnTime Now + TimeValue("00:00:50"), "test", schedule:=False
Is there anyway to have a userform that acts modeless, while still pausing code execution like a modal form?
I'd like the userform to show, but still allow interaction with the parent program. Modal forms block interaction with the parent program. A modeless form would work, but I would like the code execution to pause while the form is up.
I've worked around this by creating an infinite loop that checks if the form is visible, but that seems a bit hacky.
Public Sub GetFormInfoAndDoStuff
ufForm.show vbModeless
Do while ufForm.Visible
DoEvents
Loop
' Do other stuff dependent on form
End Sub
EDITED to clarify that code after .show exists which must execute after the user form is done
You should be able display the form as vbModeless and only execute code when specifically requested, i.e., from a CommandButton or other control.
You then leave the form visible/shown until it is specifically closed, via the "X" button or via another control which calls the UserForm_Terminate event.
In order to achieve this, you may need to move some of your executable code in to another subroutine and/or module, and call this subroutine for example from a CommandButton_Click event.
You already have a subroutine somewhere that contains a line like:
Sub ShowTheForm()
UserForm1.Show vbModeless
End Sub
So the form is displayed properly to allow user-input to the parent application.
You don't really need to put any other code in the above module. We will put the other code in other modules/subs, and then call it from user controls like command buttons.
Example:
Take all of your executable code, and put it in another subroutine (and if it suits your organizational preference, another module), like:
Sub MyMacro(msg$)
MsgBox msg
End Sub
On the UserForm, add a command button and assign it the following code:
Sub CommandButton1_Click()
MyMacro "hello"
End Sub
Now, the form will display until the user clicks the "X" button. Code will only run when called from the command button.
EDIT FOR CLARIFICATION
You don't need to "pause" the execution using this method. Execution ends once the form is displayed modelessly, and the form persists. The object has some events which you may use to trigger further execution of code.
Here's what I do.
This example is for a form I called "Find Header". The code tries to find several column headers, but the markers for a few of them may be missing (and the header text may have been overwritten with something random), so I may need to pause and ask the user to locate (click on) some of the headers for me:
First, put this declaration in a standard module:
Public bDlgFindHeaderIsShowingModeless As Boolean
Then, put this in the event procedure for any button or other control that dismisses the modeless dialog, such as the Click events for the form's OK and Cancel buttons:
bDlgFindHeaderIsShowingModeless = False
Then, put this wherever in your code you want to show the modeless form while paused for user interactivity:
bDlgFindHeaderIsShowingModeless = True 'init
frmFindHeader.Show vbModeless
Do
If Not bDlgFindHeaderIsShowingModeless Then Exit Do
DoEvents
Loop
Yes, it churns the CPU, so you might not want to do it if you're on a single-core processor and there are critically important background processes running. But it works; the user is able to easily and smoothly interact with Excel while the modeless form displays. The user doesn't feel like they are fighting an endless loop.
The Best method would be to use two different subs. I was able to solve this problem without splitting my sub as follows:
Public Mode as Boolean
Sub Stuff()
If Mode Then
Goto Continue
End If
'Code before Userform
Mode = True
Userform.Show vbModeless
Exit Sub
Continue:
Mode = False
'Rest of your code
End Sub
I made "Mode" a global variable because I use this userform for multiple subs. If you are using a single sub you can use it locally. I also made "Mode" false when opening this workbook by going under "ThisWorkbook" Tab and adding the following code:
Private Sub Workbook_Open()
Mode = False
End Sub
This again will only be needed if you use your userform for more than one sub.
Last add this code under your Userform code when your proceed button is pressed.
Private Sub Confirm_Click()
Userform.hide
if Mode Then
Call Stuff
End If
End Sub
If you are only are using the one sub method skip the if statement and just call the sub.