User-driven abort?

[Ouka]

Hi all,

I have a procedure that randomizes data until certain criteria are met.

Those criteria are user-driven, and if they enter in criteria that are too "tight" it could take a very long time for the randomization loops to compelte (and it's possible that they will NEVER compelte if the criteria are set too high)

I'm using the status bar to show a loop count number (otherwise I have screenupdating set to false), but would like to instead have some sort of message box that shows the current loop count value and a big fat "Abort" button that lets the user stop the loop without using crtl-break

Is this even possible in excel VBA? If it matters, screenupdating must be false, else the time it takes to execute a loop is too dependant on how fast the user's machine can redraw the data as it's randomized.

[Tom Ogilvy]

In a tight loop, a button could be troublesome.

Look at the EnableCancelKey property of the application.Object

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


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>
> Hi all,
>
> I have a procedure that randomizes data until certain criteria are met.
>
>
> Those criteria are user-driven, and if they enter in criteria that are
> too "tight" it could take a very long time for the randomization loops
> to compelte (and it's possible that they will NEVER compelte if the
> criteria are set too high)
>
> I'm using the status bar to show a loop count number (otherwise I have
> screenupdating set to false), but would like to instead have some sort
> of message box that shows the current loop count value and a big fat
> "Abort" button that lets the user stop the loop without using
> crtl-break
>
> Is this even possible in excel VBA? If it matters, screenupdating must
> be false, else the time it takes to execute a loop is too dependant on
> how fast the user's machine can redraw the data as it's randomized.
>
>
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> Ouka
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