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I have the following code in my program.

myPDF.FileToPDF PSfilename, PDFfilename, ""
If Not FileExists(PDFfilename) Then _
MsgBox PDFfilename & " not created"

It is creating a PDF file from a PS (PostScript) file.
Everything is working fine with one exception.
If "PDFfilename" does not exist, and the code should
print out the message "PDFfilename not created", etc.,
the screen (kind of - the top blue part of the Excel
window) blinks, i.e. the message does not pop right up
(it's as if another program has the focus). I need to
click the mouse within Excel and then the message pops
up. What is happening and how do I get around this
problem?

Thanks

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Ray,

You can use an API call...
Put this at the top of your module, above all subs and functions:

Public Declare Function MessageBox Lib "user32" _
Alias "MessageBoxA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, _
ByVal lpText As String, _
ByVal lpCaption As String, _
ByVal wType As Long) As Long
'---------------------------------------------

Then call the message box something like this:

Sub DisplayMsgBoxOnTop()
Dim MsgResponse As Long
MsgResponse = MessageBox(hwnd:=0, lpText:="This is a Test", _
lpCaption:=" Test Message", _
wType:=vbOKCancel + vbExclamation)
End Sub
'---------------------------------------------------------------

Regards,
Jim Cone
San Francisco, USA



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I have the following code in my program.

myPDF.FileToPDF PSfilename, PDFfilename, ""
If Not FileExists(PDFfilename) Then _
MsgBox PDFfilename & " not created"

It is creating a PDF file from a PS (PostScript) file.
Everything is working fine with one exception.
If "PDFfilename" does not exist, and the code should
print out the message "PDFfilename not created", etc.,
the screen (kind of - the top blue part of the Excel
window) blinks, i.e. the message does not pop right up
(it's as if another program has the focus). I need to
click the mouse within Excel and then the message pops
up. What is happening and how do I get around this
problem?

Thanks

Ray -

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