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Hi, Paul.
The solution turned out to be just to open Excel (the program) twice and
load each spreadsheet into its own separate invocation of Excel. Since I
did that, there's been no further conflict between the two spreadsheets.
Thanks for your help in getting this debugged.
Regards,
Ullrich
At 06:26 PM 12/8/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>Ullrich,
>I don't know if you can dynamically enable/disable a macro. However, you
>might be able to suspend events in workbook A just prior to activating
>workbook B. Would that solve your problem of conflicting actions? I don't
>know if you can queue up events for later processing or if they demand
>immediate attention. You might need to use the critical path method that
>someone else described in addition to suspending events. I'm way out on
>thin ice here so I'm only sending this to you. If you want to forward it to
>the list for others' comments, go ahead. It might also be possible to act
>on events differently depending on whether the event took place in workbook
>A or workbook B.
>
>Paul
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Ullrich Fischer <uf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: Paul M. Zislis <pzislis@xxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 1999 8:25 PM
>Subject: Re: XL_ Conflicting Macros from two simultaneously open .xls files
>
>
> > Thanks, Paul.
> >
> > That works. Unfortunately, when I put it in the macro that activates
> > spreadsheet calculation, it activates the spreadsheet containing that
>macro
> > as soon as either spreadsheet is recalculated. I guess I need to have
>some
> > way to turn off the calculation driven macro while the timer drive one is
> > doing its thing. I need to have the appropriate spreadsheet active while
> > its macro runs. Is there a command to disable and re-enable a specific
>macro?
> >
> > -uf
> >
> > At 03:41 PM 12/7/1999 -0500, you wrote:
> > >To activate the workbook whose name (including the appropriate extension,
> > >e.g., ".xls") is in the string Filename:
> > > Workbooks(Filename).Activate
> > >
> > >Paul Zislis
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: Ullrich Fischer <uf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >To: Paul M. Zislis <pzislis@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >Cc: <xltraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 1999 3:02 PM
> > >Subject: Re: XL_ Conflicting Macros from two simultaneously open .xls
>files
> > >
> > >
> > > > Right, normally this isn't a problem, but both these spreadsheets have
> > > > macros that are event driven. One kicks in after 2.5 minutes have
>elapsed
> > > > since the last time it was run. The other kicks in whenever the
> > > > spreadsheet is recalculated which is whenever a tick from eSignal
>comes in
> > > > for the 25 stocks that I'm tracking with it. Is there any way to
>change
> > > > the active worksheet under macro control? When I tried recording a
>macro
> > > > of me changing focus from one spreadsheet to the other, it just stored
>the
> > > > code to select a particular cell on the currently active
>orksheet. -uf
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > At 07:24 AM 12/7/1999 -0500, you wrote:
> > > > >When you have multiple worksheets open with multiple macro modules:
> > > > >1) when you invoke a macro it is applied to the currently active
> > >worksheet.
> > > > >So, make sure the worksheet upon which you you want to operate is
>active
> > > > >before involking the macro.
> > > > >2) if you use ALT-F8 to invoke a macro, all known macros are listed
>and
> > >you
> > > > >select the one you want to apply. I'm not sure what happens if you
>use
> > > > >shortcut keys to invoke a macro, but even if you have shortcuts, you
>can
> > > > >still invole a macro using ALT-F8.
> > > > >
> > > > >Paul Zislis
> > > > >----- Original Message -----
> > > > >From: Ullrich Fischer <uf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > >To: <xltraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > >Sent: Monday, December 06, 1999 9:39 PM
> > > > >Subject: XL_ Conflicting Macros from two simultaneously open .xls
>files
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > I've got two spreadsheets (each with its own macros) that I can't
>open
> > >at
> > > > > > the same time without risking that the actions specified by the
>macro
> > >in
> > > > > > one workbook (.xls file) will be applied to the data in the other.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Is there any way to specify at the beginning of a macro subroutine
> > >that
> > > > >the
> > > > > > following code is to apply to a specific workbook only? One of
>the
> > >macros
> > > > > > (in markethealth.xls) executes automatically every 2.5 minutes
>once it
> > >is
> > > > > > manually kicked off for the first time. The other (in alarm1.xls)
> > > > >executes
> > > > > > whenever the spreadsheet is recalculated.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Is there any way to have two instances of Excel running at the
>same
> > > > > > time? Currently, whenever I open a new spreadsheet by double
>clicking
> > >it,
> > > > > > the new spreadsheet is brought up in my existing Excel session as
> > >another
> > > > > > Window. -uf
> > > >
> > > >
> >
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