Hi,

I'm developing a class which for a given filepath has to open the MS Excel
and extend the context menu with a new item. When the item is clicked all it
has to do is to display a message box.
Everything works fine. But if the message box is not confirmed (closed by
the user) in a few seconds the "Microsoft Office Excel is waiting for
another application to complete an OLE action" is fired by Excel.

I want the customer to take his time to read the text and confirm (or not)
the message box.

How to handle this?

Many thanks,
Mircea

Adding Application.DisplayAlerts = False before invoking the other instance
may help.

--
Jim Rech
Excel MVP
"Mircea Pleteriu" wrote in message
...
| Hi,
|
| I'm developing a class which for a given filepath has to open the MS Excel
| and extend the context menu with a new item. When the item is clicked all
it
| has to do is to display a message box.
| Everything works fine. But if the message box is not confirmed (closed by
| the user) in a few seconds the "Microsoft Office Excel is waiting for
| another application to complete an OLE action" is fired by Excel.
|
| I want the customer to take his time to read the text and confirm (or not)
| the message box.
|
| How to handle this?
|
| Many thanks,
| Mircea
|
|

Thanks. It works.
Second problem. While the message box is displayed, it looks like that the
surface of Excel is stuck. That is, if I move the message box window the
surface of Excel gets dirty.

Any idea how to solve this?

"Jim Rech" wrote in message
...
Adding Application.DisplayAlerts = False before invoking the other
instance
may help.

--
Jim Rech
Excel MVP
"Mircea Pleteriu" wrote in message
...
| Hi,
|
| I'm developing a class which for a given filepath has to open the MS
Excel
| and extend the context menu with a new item. When the item is clicked
all
it
| has to do is to display a message box.
| Everything works fine. But if the message box is not confirmed (closed
by
| the user) in a few seconds the "Microsoft Office Excel is waiting for
| another application to complete an OLE action" is fired by Excel.
|
| I want the customer to take his time to read the text and confirm (or
not)
| the message box.
|
| How to handle this?
|
| Many thanks,
| Mircea
|
|

Have you got screenupdating turned off?

--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"Mircea Pleteriu" wrote in message
...
Thanks. It works.
Second problem. While the message box is displayed, it looks like that the
surface of Excel is stuck. That is, if I move the message box window the
surface of Excel gets dirty.

Any idea how to solve this?

"Jim Rech" wrote in message
...
Adding Application.DisplayAlerts = False before invoking the other
instance
may help.

--
Jim Rech
Excel MVP
"Mircea Pleteriu" wrote in message
...
| Hi,
|
| I'm developing a class which for a given filepath has to open the MS
Excel
| and extend the context menu with a new item. When the item is clicked
all
it
| has to do is to display a message box.
| Everything works fine. But if the message box is not confirmed (closed
by
| the user) in a few seconds the "Microsoft Office Excel is waiting for
| another application to complete an OLE action" is fired by Excel.
|
| I want the customer to take his time to read the text and confirm (or
not)
| the message box.
|
| How to handle this?
|
| Many thanks,
| Mircea
|
|

It's turned on (as default).

"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
...
Have you got screenupdating turned off?

--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"Mircea Pleteriu" wrote in message
...
Thanks. It works.
Second problem. While the message box is displayed, it looks like that
the
surface of Excel is stuck. That is, if I move the message box window the
surface of Excel gets dirty.

Any idea how to solve this?

"Jim Rech" wrote in message
...
Adding Application.DisplayAlerts = False before invoking the other
instance
may help.

--
Jim Rech
Excel MVP
"Mircea Pleteriu" wrote in message
...
| Hi,
|
| I'm developing a class which for a given filepath has to open the MS
Excel
| and extend the context menu with a new item. When the item is
clicked
all
it
| has to do is to display a message box.
| Everything works fine. But if the message box is not confirmed
(closed
by
| the user) in a few seconds the "Microsoft Office Excel is waiting
for
| another application to complete an OLE action" is fired by Excel.
|
| I want the customer to take his time to read the text and confirm
(or
not)
| the message box.
|
| How to handle this?
|
| Many thanks,
| Mircea
|
|

I don't know of a solution for this. It seems that Excel is locked up, not
redrawing, etc. until control returns to it.

--
Jim Rech
Excel MVP
"Mircea Pleteriu" wrote in message
...
| It's turned on (as default).
|
| "Bob Phillips" wrote in message
| ...
| Have you got screenupdating turned off?
|
| --
|
| HTH
|
| RP
| (remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)
|
|
| "Mircea Pleteriu" wrote in message
| ...
| Thanks. It works.
| Second problem. While the message box is displayed, it looks like that
| the
| surface of Excel is stuck. That is, if I move the message box window
the
| surface of Excel gets dirty.
|
| Any idea how to solve this?
|
| "Jim Rech" wrote in message
| ...
| Adding Application.DisplayAlerts = False before invoking the other
| instance
| may help.
|
| --
| Jim Rech
| Excel MVP
| "Mircea Pleteriu" wrote in message
| ...
| | Hi,
| |
| | I'm developing a class which for a given filepath has to open the
MS
| Excel
| | and extend the context menu with a new item. When the item is
| clicked
| all
| it
| | has to do is to display a message box.
| | Everything works fine. But if the message box is not confirmed
| (closed
| by
| | the user) in a few seconds the "Microsoft Office Excel is waiting
| for
| | another application to complete an OLE action" is fired by Excel.
| |
| | I want the customer to take his time to read the text and confirm
| (or
| not)
| | the message box.
| |
| | How to handle this?
| |
| | Many thanks,
| | Mircea
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

Thanks Jim.

"Jim Rech" wrote in message
...
I don't know of a solution for this. It seems that Excel is locked up,
not
redrawing, etc. until control returns to it.

--
Jim Rech
Excel MVP
"Mircea Pleteriu" wrote in message
...
| It's turned on (as default).
|
| "Bob Phillips" wrote in message
| ...
| Have you got screenupdating turned off?
|
| --
|
| HTH
|
| RP
| (remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)
|
|
| "Mircea Pleteriu" wrote in message
| ...
| Thanks. It works.
| Second problem. While the message box is displayed, it looks like
that
| the
| surface of Excel is stuck. That is, if I move the message box window
the
| surface of Excel gets dirty.
|
| Any idea how to solve this?
|
| "Jim Rech" wrote in message
| ...
| Adding Application.DisplayAlerts = False before invoking the other
| instance
| may help.
|
| --
| Jim Rech
| Excel MVP
| "Mircea Pleteriu" wrote in message
| ...
| | Hi,
| |
| | I'm developing a class which for a given filepath has to open
the
MS
| Excel
| | and extend the context menu with a new item. When the item is
| clicked
| all
| it
| | has to do is to display a message box.
| | Everything works fine. But if the message box is not confirmed
| (closed
| by
| | the user) in a few seconds the "Microsoft Office Excel is
waiting
| for
| | another application to complete an OLE action" is fired by
Excel.
| |
| | I want the customer to take his time to read the text and
confirm
| (or
| not)
| | the message box.
| |
| | How to handle this?
| |
| | Many thanks,
| | Mircea
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

Mircea, is that dialog box modal? Can you make it always-on-top instead?