Mark,
which after some trial and error I believe goes within a procedure.
Nope, it goes in the Declarations section of the module, outside and before
any procedures.
Application.OnTime Now + TimeSerial(0, 0, 10), "The_Sub", True
should be
nTime = Now + TimeSerial(0, 0, 10)
Application.OnTime nTime, "The_Sub", True
See
www.cpearson.com/excel/ontime.htm for more details.
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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
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Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com
(email address is on the web site)
"Mark Dullingham" wrote in
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I've been trying to use Ontime to save a file at an interval triggered
from a
toggle button. I could get it to work ok if I use Now + Timeserial (x,x,x)
but then couldn't stop it .
I have read loads of posts on this site and others about the need for a
time
Variant to store the exact time so I have this
Option Explicit
Public nTime As Variant
and the definition of
nTime = Now + TimeSerial(0, 0, 10)
which after some trial and error I believe goes within a procedure.
Were exactly do these 2 items need to go ie ThisWorkbook, Module or
worksheet?
I have tried all sorts of combinations, the variant statement everywhere
and
the definition in each sub that uses it, but nothing seems to work.
I'm assuming that the public statement means that once it is defined it
can
be used anywhere but my code triggers only one save of the file.
Help Please I've been trying to figure this out till the early hours of
the
last 3 nights and I need some sleeeeeeep!
Thanks in advance
Here's the code
Module 1
Option Explicit
Public nTime As Variant
Sub The_Sub()
ActiveWorkbook.SaveCopyAs "C:\Documents and Settings\Mark\My
Documents\Work\DDE Sheet" _
& "." & Format(Date, "dd-mmm-yyyy") & "." & Format(Time, "hh-mm-ss") &
".xls"
Application.OnTime Now + TimeSerial(0, 0, 10), "The_Sub", True
End Sub
Sub StopAutoSave()
On Error Resume Next
Application.OnTime earliesttime:=nTime, _
procedu="The_Sub", schedule:=False
End Sub
Sub wbClose()
ActiveWorkbook.Close SaveChanges:=False
End Sub
Sheet
Private Sub ToggleButton1_Click()
If Me.ToggleButton1.Value = True Then
nTime = Now + TimeSerial(0, 0, 10)
Application.OnTime earliesttime:=nTime, procedu="The_Sub",
schedule:=True
Application.OnTime Now + TimeSerial(0, 1, 5), "wbClose"
ToggleButton1.Caption = "Auto Save On"
Else
Call AutoSaveOff
ToggleButton1.Caption = "Auto Save Off"
End If
End Sub
ThisWorkBook
Option Explicit
Public nTime As Variant
Private Sub Workbook_BeforeClose(Cancel As Boolean)
Application.OnTime nTime, "The_Sub", , False
End Sub
The Call StopAutoSave doesn't seem to work so I have resorted to shutting
the workbook down.