New Post. Stephen Williams. I want to add a 2 secondish pause to a program, i can't find any nice and easy commands that will do it. I looked at the timer control but i can't seem to see how it will help. Any ideas? Follow Post Reply. Raoul Watson. Simple enough.. DoEvents now! And the next sign of the Apocalypse will be Download the Excel Workbook.
You can use it to specify that a macro is paused for a specific period of time. But we can access it by using a special declaration statement in our VBA. This declaration statement serves two purposes. Firstly, it tells Excel where to find the function, secondly it allows us to use the 32bit version of the function in 32bit Excel, and the 64bit version of the function in 64bit Excel.
Sleep allows us to pause a macro for X milliseconds, which is a better resolution than Wait which has a minimum delay of 1 second. So to pause a macro for 5 seconds using Sleep we write this. Events are suspended and anything you have scheduled using Application.
OnTime is also delayed until the pause has finished. Background processes like printing and recalculation do carry on though. To overcome this drawback you can use a loop to pause VBA execution, and also allow other things to happen whilst waiting. A loop has an added advantage as Mac users can use them, whereas Wait and Sleep are not available on a Mac.
We write a sub called WasteTime, which when called from another sub or function has a value passed into it which is the number of seconds that we want it to do nothing, like so:. The key here is the DoEvents method. DoEvents tells Excel to check if there is anything else the system wants to do like accept input from the keyboard or mouse.
In this example, my macro is executing but allows the user to type into the worksheet. After approximately 10 seconds a message is then displayed.
It returns the number of milliseconds since the computer started up. The parameter, Finish that we pass into the WasteTime sub, is the number of seconds we want to delay code execution.
To convert this to milliseconds, we multiply Finish by I say approximately because the actual duration of the pause in the execution of the code depends on the resolution of the timer on your computer.
Disclaimer — Please test the code yourself, it may not work in your environment. All code provided as is without any warranty. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Leave this field empty. Not certain if a similar kernel function call can be made in the Mac version. Thank you for this tutorial. The only file you can download on this page is an XLSM which contains macros. Not sure how you got an XLSX.
Man, you just come short of doing what is needed… Now I have to go and find the declaration for GetTickCount. Did you download and open the example workbook I provided in this blog post?
It includes the declaration for GetTickCount. I dont think the vba code for Loop is correct. There is no increment or decrement statement for NowTick variable in the WasteTime sub and is making the code to be in an infinite loop.
No need for a separate increment statement. You may have a different environment to me. Especially as it ran ok already. Is there a delay execution function of Excel cell Formulas? You could write some event code to implement something like this but why would you need it? What is happening in Col A? I found that the Sleep function worked in Outlook but caused Outlook to appear to freeze forms went blank for the duration of the sleep time.
Nice article! But the Sleep example here is incorrect. To place a disassembly breakpoint:. For more info on Visual Studio breakpoints, check out the official documentation. Comments are closed. Mads Kristensen Principal Program Manager.
Jordan Matthiesen Senior Program Manager. Justin Johnson. Grace Taylor Program Manager. Leslie Richardson Program Manager. How can I pause my code in Visual Studio? Breakpoints FAQ Leslie. Tuesday, April 7, PM. Pegasuseg - Great suggestion! How about incorporating spotty's idea, and give your sub a parameter That way, you can adjust the delay in other code, so that the delay is neither too long, nor too short. In fact, if you tied it into the. GetTickCount uses rough milliseconds.
Fine, if you're trying to make a space heater out of your computer. Use a timer so you're in a SystemIdleState while waiting. I have found an error in your code! Sleep You forgot the 2nd S in System! Saturday, October 15, PM.
Monkeyboy 2. You found an error in code in a 7 yoa thread. That's nice La vida loca. A little typo in there It would be: System. Sunday, July 2, AM.
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