Hi Jay

If what you mean by a long time to update is because of a procedure the
workbook is executing upon oppening, then you should create a userform with a
message that shows that the workbook is updating, in open event put the
following code in the first line:

UserForm1.Label1.Caption = "The workbook is now updating"
UserForm1.Show vbModeless

In the last line put the code:

UserForm1.Label1.Caption = "Updating complete"
Userform1.Show
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Howard31


"Jay" wrote:

good morning everyone, Thanks for all your prior answers, I have learned a
lot. Anyway, I have a rather large workbook that upon opening will take about
a minute to update. I want to set up a message box that will open and tell
the user not to update before Excel asks the user to update or don't update.
thanks for your assistance. J
Cheers!