Temporarily pause macro so that changes can be made on a workbook

[Farooq Sheri]

I have macro that opens up a file ("Book1") and pastes some info onto it from
another file. I have code (While loop) in the macro that checks whether
"Book1" is still open or not. What happens is that with the macro running in
background I am unable to do any action on Book1. I have tried putting in a
Wait timer but things remain the same. Is there a way to get around this. I
want the code to continue once I close Book1.

Thanks in advance

 

[Matthew Pfluger]

Try putting a STOP command in your code where you want the macro to pause.

HTH,
Matthew Pfluger

 

[T Lavedas]

I have macro that opens up a file ("Book1") and pastes some info onto it from
another file. I have code (While loop) in the macro that checks whether
"Book1" is still open or not. What happens is that with the macro running in
background I am unable to do any action on Book1. I have tried putting in a
Wait timer but things remain the same. Is there a way to get around this. I
want the code to continue once I close Book1.

Thanks in advance

It sounds like you want to add a DoEvents in the macro loop. It
should allow manipulation of data in the target spreadsheet.

Tom Lavedas
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[Farooq Sheri]

thanks for the reply; I have tried putting "Stop" command and the macro does
stop but it won't start unless I do so manually. Is there a way to auto start
it once a certain condition is met such as when I close Book1.

 

[Farooq Sheri]

Can you please be specific; the macro should stop but should restart once
Book1 is closed.

Thanks