I haven't tried this, so it may not work, but I think it should.
Take all the code out of you Workbook_Open procedure and put it
in a procedure named MyMacro (or whatever) in a standard code
module. Then in Workbook_Open, use


Application.OnTime Now, "MyMacro", , True

OnTime will delay while Excel is performing all its startup tasks
(including updating links), and then run the macro named
"MyMacro".


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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com




"Alseikhan"
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I have a troubling issue with simultaneous execution of
external links
update and workbook_open macro.
The Excel workbook has a range of cells (a table of 85 rows and
20
columns) whose cells contain formulas that link to a remote
server to
download stocks data.
The workbook_open macro executes code that depends on content
of these
cells in order to setup range names and some other
calculations.
The problem is that full update of external links takes a few
seconds,
which is too log and causes the workbook_open macro to crash
upon
opening because not all cells have updated yet.
What is needed is a way to force the macro to wait until all
external
links are updated (but without tying up computer processor time
which
would slow external data updating time and speed).

Any help?
thank you.

Alseikhan


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