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    Screen Flicker

    I am using a fairly small amount of code. The problem is the second section of code (which essentially just clears a range of cells if specific cell is cleared) is causing everything to run slow and flicker. By commenting out the section in question, everything is great. I find it strange that such a small condition could cause this. I have tried various VBA optimizations, but no luck.

    Any ideas, or am I stuck with it?

    Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)

    Dim MyRange As Range
    Set MyRange = Range("$C$4:$C$10")

    If Not Intersect(Target, Range("$B$3")) Is Nothing Then
    MyRange.Value = ""
    End If

    ' The next 3 lines are the problem
    If Range("$C$3").Value = "" Then
    MyRange.Value = ""
    End If

    If Range("$C$3").Value = "monthly" Then
    Range("$C$9").Value = ""
    End If

    End Sub
    Last edited by BuzzT; 07-07-2011 at 11:22 AM.

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    Re: Screen Flicker

    at the beginning of the code introduce this statement
    application.screenupdating=false

    at the end before "end sub" type
    application.screenupdating=true

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    Re: Screen Flicker

    Hi BuzzT

    Here are all those hints about faster code and screenupdating too
    http://www.cpearson.com/excel/optimize.htm
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    Click the * Add Reputation below to say thanks.

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    Re: Screen Flicker

    Thanks venkat1926, but that was one of the first things I tried and was a little surprised it did not really help.

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    Re: Screen Flicker

    hi, BuzzT, the problem is that clearing the cell content is triggering the code again and it's going into the cycle.

    To avoid that try this:
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    Re: Screen Flicker

    Not sure why it didn't work when I tried it this way before (maybe I made a mistake somewhere), but this is working now.

    Thanks watersev (and everyone).

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