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Macros Pause
Is there a line of code that I can add to my macros that would pause between
each with or end with statment. I would like to view it slower than it works right now. -- Gary Baker |
Gary,
You can step it with F8 (in the VBE), and Alt-Tab back to Excel and watch stuff happen. Or put Excel and the VBE in windows (unmaximized). Or you can put a breakpoint (F9) on a line to stop it at selected places. -- Earl Kiosterud mvpearl omitthisword at verizon period net ------------------------------------------- "GWB Direct" wrote in message ... Is there a line of code that I can add to my macros that would pause between each with or end with statment. I would like to view it slower than it works right now. -- Gary Baker |
Can I put a breakpoint in the code and watch it in excel after I hit the
button for the macro. I want to see visually what is happening but at a slower pace. How do I put a breakpoint line in my macro and where do I put it. Does it go before the With section or after the End With section. -- Gary Baker "Earl Kiosterud" wrote: Gary, You can step it with F8 (in the VBE), and Alt-Tab back to Excel and watch stuff happen. Or put Excel and the VBE in windows (unmaximized). Or you can put a breakpoint (F9) on a line to stop it at selected places. -- Earl Kiosterud mvpearl omitthisword at verizon period net ------------------------------------------- "GWB Direct" wrote in message ... Is there a line of code that I can add to my macros that would pause between each with or end with statment. I would like to view it slower than it works right now. -- Gary Baker |
GWB Direct wrote:
Can I put a breakpoint in the code and watch it in excel after I hit the button for the macro. I want to see visually what is happening but at a slower pace. How do I put a breakpoint line in my macro and where do I put it. Does it go before the With section or after the End With section. What I typically do with stuff like that is just to put a MsgBox() statement into the code temporarily. Works fine if you just have a couple of places you want to monitor. It forces things to a halt while it waits for you to click on a button to continue. Good luck.... Bill |
I understand how the step function work. I would like to watch the macro move
slower so I can film the steps to teach how a particular function works. This would be similar to the SHOW Me function that some programs have. It shows you each thing you click on and what it's doing as you go. -- Gary Baker "Nick Hodge" wrote: Gary F8 as outlined by Earl is debug mode, it steps a line at a time, allowing you to check what's happening, check variable values, etc. (I use this one mostly) A 'breakpoint' will literally stop the code at a certain line, again so you can check the state of the running code. From here you can either elect to step (F8) or run the remaining code. I tend to use breakpoints more in large code scenarios, when I now the first x lines work, to get to a problematical bit quickly, or most of the time in event code, so I can then step through (F8), after the event has fired. There is not a 'slow motion' setting if that is what you are asking...stop or step, that's about it. -- HTH Nick Hodge Microsoft MVP - Excel Southampton, England HIS "GWB Direct" wrote in message ... Can I put a breakpoint in the code and watch it in excel after I hit the button for the macro. I want to see visually what is happening but at a slower pace. How do I put a breakpoint line in my macro and where do I put it. Does it go before the With section or after the End With section. -- Gary Baker "Earl Kiosterud" wrote: Gary, You can step it with F8 (in the VBE), and Alt-Tab back to Excel and watch stuff happen. Or put Excel and the VBE in windows (unmaximized). Or you can put a breakpoint (F9) on a line to stop it at selected places. -- Earl Kiosterud mvpearl omitthisword at verizon period net ------------------------------------------- "GWB Direct" wrote in message ... Is there a line of code that I can add to my macros that would pause between each with or end with statment. I would like to view it slower than it works right now. -- Gary Baker |
I think you'll have to forget the slow-motion. To set a breakpoint, put the
cursor on the line where you want it to break (pause execution). Press F9. It will turn it red. Now when you run the macro, it will stop on that line, highlighting it in yellow and bold text, not having executed it yet. From that point, you can press F5 to continue at VBA's breakneck speed (which you can almost watch anyway!), or F8 to step it. YOu can Alt-Tab back to Excel at any time to see the effects on the sheets. Wherever it stops with a line highlighted in yellow is a line that has not yet been executed. You can put breakpoints in several places. -- Earl Kiosterud mvpearl omitthisword at verizon period net ------------------------------------------- "GWB Direct" wrote in message ... Can I put a breakpoint in the code and watch it in excel after I hit the button for the macro. I want to see visually what is happening but at a slower pace. How do I put a breakpoint line in my macro and where do I put it. Does it go before the With section or after the End With section. -- Gary Baker "Earl Kiosterud" wrote: Gary, You can step it with F8 (in the VBE), and Alt-Tab back to Excel and watch stuff happen. Or put Excel and the VBE in windows (unmaximized). Or you can put a breakpoint (F9) on a line to stop it at selected places. -- Earl Kiosterud mvpearl omitthisword at verizon period net ------------------------------------------- "GWB Direct" wrote in message ... Is there a line of code that I can add to my macros that would pause between each with or end with statment. I would like to view it slower than it works right now. -- Gary Baker |
Thanks,
I may be able to use this option. -- Gary Baker "Earl Kiosterud" wrote: I think you'll have to forget the slow-motion. To set a breakpoint, put the cursor on the line where you want it to break (pause execution). Press F9. It will turn it red. Now when you run the macro, it will stop on that line, highlighting it in yellow and bold text, not having executed it yet. From that point, you can press F5 to continue at VBA's breakneck speed (which you can almost watch anyway!), or F8 to step it. YOu can Alt-Tab back to Excel at any time to see the effects on the sheets. Wherever it stops with a line highlighted in yellow is a line that has not yet been executed. You can put breakpoints in several places. -- Earl Kiosterud mvpearl omitthisword at verizon period net ------------------------------------------- "GWB Direct" wrote in message ... Can I put a breakpoint in the code and watch it in excel after I hit the button for the macro. I want to see visually what is happening but at a slower pace. How do I put a breakpoint line in my macro and where do I put it. Does it go before the With section or after the End With section. -- Gary Baker "Earl Kiosterud" wrote: Gary, You can step it with F8 (in the VBE), and Alt-Tab back to Excel and watch stuff happen. Or put Excel and the VBE in windows (unmaximized). Or you can put a breakpoint (F9) on a line to stop it at selected places. -- Earl Kiosterud mvpearl omitthisword at verizon period net ------------------------------------------- "GWB Direct" wrote in message ... Is there a line of code that I can add to my macros that would pause between each with or end with statment. I would like to view it slower than it works right now. -- Gary Baker |
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