DDE Links Showing #N/A! After Refresh
Aug 10, 2007
I have a large spreadsheet with several links to external data via DDE. With help of kind Ozgrid volunteers, I've managed to update the data link each second. However, every time the data is updated, the linked data displays #N/A for a split second. This is enough to cause hundreds of cells and formulas to display #N/A for a split second. Since this occurs once every second, the screen has become almost unreadable.
I have tried
Application. ScreenUpdating = False
without any success. I also tried disabling Excel Error Checking via Tools > Options > Error Checking.
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My macro is called from a command button on a userform. The userform contains 3 command buttons, a label, and an image box with no attached image. When a command button is pressed, the code sets the background colour of the image box to red and changes the label caption to "Processing..". Then screenupdating is set to false, the code runs, screenupdating is set to true, the image turns green and the label says "Ready!".
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