application.calculation is slow: mouse clicks speed it up...

Hi Everyone,

My calculation event takes some time to complete - other than change the
worksheet formulae, is there any way of speeding it up. (I've noticed
that if I left click when executing it seems to complete MUCH more quickly.
Why is this?)

Thanks kindly in advance

what is your calculation event? what are you attempting to do?

"Noel McWilliam" wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> My calculation event takes some time to complete - other than change the
> worksheet formulae, is there any way of speeding it up. (I've noticed
> that if I left click when executing it seems to complete MUCH more quickly.
> Why is this?)
>
> Thanks kindly in advance
>
>

Just to refresh the worksheet formulae - which are as they should be, the
only real problem is the *size* of the database and the necessary repition of
some of the calculations (see below). I can't really change the formulae,
that is why I was wondering eactly WHY mouse clicking would seem to speed
their recalculation up!


FYI:
The database is structured like a bank statement having a summary header and
in each record a name, an amount, a running total (of the amounts) and a
date.

In each row (containing the main data) there are two formulae:
i) to calculate the running total (thisTotal = thisAmount + lastTotal) [this
is an expensive calculation as it is repeated for each record...I need to
keep this]

ii) to calculate the "age" of the record (age = days360(today() - thisDate))

On the header I have references to values in the cells in the last row of
the workbook that need to be refreshed.



"ben" wrote:

> what is your calculation event? what are you attempting to do?
>
> "Noel McWilliam" wrote:
>
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > My calculation event takes some time to complete - other than change the
> > worksheet formulae, is there any way of speeding it up. (I've noticed
> > that if I left click when executing it seems to complete MUCH more quickly.
> > Why is this?)
> >
> > Thanks kindly in advance
> >
> >

Do you have automatic calculation on, or are you using manual calculation, do
you have more than worksheet or do you have several? if you have several it
is possible, pressing hte mouse button may be only caculating the active
sheet rather than the entire workbook. as does shift+F9

"noel mcwilliam" wrote:

> Just to refresh the worksheet formulae - which are as they should be, the
> only real problem is the *size* of the database and the necessary repition of
> some of the calculations (see below). I can't really change the formulae,
> that is why I was wondering eactly WHY mouse clicking would seem to speed
> their recalculation up!
>
>
> FYI:
> The database is structured like a bank statement having a summary header and
> in each record a name, an amount, a running total (of the amounts) and a
> date.
>
> In each row (containing the main data) there are two formulae:
> i) to calculate the running total (thisTotal = thisAmount + lastTotal) [this
> is an expensive calculation as it is repeated for each record...I need to
> keep this]
>
> ii) to calculate the "age" of the record (age = days360(today() - thisDate))
>
> On the header I have references to values in the cells in the last row of
> the workbook that need to be refreshed.
>
>
>
> "ben" wrote:
>
> > what is your calculation event? what are you attempting to do?
> >
> > "Noel McWilliam" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Everyone,
> > >
> > > My calculation event takes some time to complete - other than change the
> > > worksheet formulae, is there any way of speeding it up. (I've noticed
> > > that if I left click when executing it seems to complete MUCH more quickly.
> > > Why is this?)
> > >
> > > Thanks kindly in advance
> > >
> > >