Re: prevent user input question
Re: prevent user input question
- Subject: Re: prevent user input question
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2007 12:57:12 -0700
- Thread-topic: prevent user input question
On 11/3/07 12:47 PM, "Shane Stanley" <email@hidden> wrote:
> On 4/11/07 4:43 AM, "Dave Balderstone" <email@hidden>
> wrote:
>
>> How does scripting Excel directly prevent user input while the script
>> is executing?
>
> It doesn't, but it makes it much *less* susceptible to problems. You can
> keep it in the background, for example, and people can do other stuff in
> other apps without problem. But with GUI scripting, it's strictly hands-off
> all the way.
'protect workbook' at the beginning of the script (with 'unprotect' at the
end) *should* be able to prevent user input for the duration. But it doesn't
seem to be working - a bug.
--
Paul Berkowitz
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