Thanks for all your help, however still not working.

The calculate event is for when data changes in a chart
accordign to my book. Not sure what you mean. I tried
doing an infinite loop until the condition was met but it
put the DDE updating on hold so didnt woark.

In summary, this is what I am trying to do:

a spreadsheet opens, DDE links start updating. I have a
cell that turns to "1" if the calculations are complete
and no errors and "0" if stillupdating or complete (i.e.,
fully updated) but with errors.

Once this turns to "1" I want to start another macro. I
actually have a macro from another file that opens the
file in question. what I would like to do is append to
that macro a mechanism to start the other macro once
the "1" condition is met.

Any additional help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
again./Jonathan





-----Original Message-----
use the calculate event and test for the condition.

Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


Jonathan wrote in message
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the real issue I am facing is how to trigger the macro
to
run WHEN a condition in a cell is met.
-----Original Message-----
SetLinkOnData can be used to trigger a macro when a
DDE
link changes.

Ontime, as Orlando has said, is used to run a macro
after a set amount of
time has elapsed.

It sounds like Ontime has a role to play, but your
challenge appears to be
initiating the ontime setting.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Jonathan" wrote in message
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thanks, but I don't think that is what I am looking
for.

Was more looking for some type of code that said if
a
cell does not equal a certain value, wait ten
seconds,
if
it does then run another macro.


-----Original Message-----
Hi Jonathan,

I think you have to use ON.TIME function. See this
link
of Chip Pearson

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/ontime.htm

HTH

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"Jonathan" escreveu na mensagem
...
if I have a macro that opens a file and then
another
two
perform a function once a condition is met how
do I
do
it?

When the first macro runs it updates (via a dde
link)
and
takes a while to update. when fully updated a
check
cell
changes from value 0 to 1. When it turns to 1 I
want
the
second macro to run. any way to do this?
Perhaps a
loop
that keeps checking the status of the check cell?


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