Hi

I am trying to write a macro that will automate a series of similar
tasks. In each task I have to wait for a report to finish calculating
before saving the output file and then going on to the next task.

The reports are processed using the Jet Reports add-in and I am facing
problems in making the macro wait for about 10 minutes till the report
processing is completed and the output file saved. I have tried the
following without success:

(1)

For(from report 1 to 5)
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Application.OnTime Now + TimeValue("00:10:00"), SrcFlPath + DataFlName
+ "!Module1.SaveFile"
Next report

When Excel encounters this statement, I think it starts a timer but the
control goes to the next statement in my loop and begins to process the
next report. However, the next task should not begin until the earlier
task is completed.

(2) So the next method I tried was to make the macro "Sleep". Although
this makes the macro wait for 10 minutes before saving and proceeding
to the next task, it interferes with the report processing! As a result
the output files saved don't have the processed results.

For(from report 1 to 5)
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'Setting the Timer 10 minutes in seconds
Timer = 600
Do While Timer 0
' Macro sleeps for 1 second
Sleep 1000
Timer = Timer - 1
Loop
SaveFile()
Next report

Any tips to solve this problem? Thanks in advance for your help.

Aswini