Hot key to stop a LOOP

Is there away to stop a loop using a hot key, <esc> or the <ctrl-break> key?

Any help would be appreciaited.

Yep, use Ctrl-Break.

Sometimes you might have to press it a time-or-two to get the key-press to
register. It will give you the options to continue,end, debug, help.

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John


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Here is the link... Sorry posted before I pasted... :-)

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...HV03076682.asp
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Jim Thomlinson


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Here is some quick code based on that link... Toss it into a command button
and give it a try. It resets the application settings you may have changed,
and also give you the option to resume the loop...

Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
Dim lng As Long
On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
Application.EnableCancelKey = xlErrorHandler
For lng = 1 To 1000000

Next lng
Exit Sub
ErrorHandler:
If Err = 18 Then
If MsgBox("Do you want to stop?", vbYesNo, "Quit?") = vbYes Then
Application.StatusBar = False
Application.EnableEvents = True
Application.Calculation = xlCalculationAutomatic
End
Else
Resume
End If
End If
End Sub
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Jim Thomlinson


"Jim Thomlinson" wrote:

> Here is the link... Sorry posted before I pasted... :-)
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...HV03076682.asp
> --
> HTH...
>
> Jim Thomlinson
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> "joopdog" wrote:
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> > key?
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> > Any help would be appreciaited.
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Great Stuff.

Sub CommandButton1()
Dim lng As Long
    On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
    Application.EnableCancelKey = xlErrorHandler
    MsgBox "This may take a long time: press ESC to cancel"
    For lng = 1 To 1000000
        ' do something here
    Next lng
    Exit Sub
ErrorHandler:
If Err = 18 Then
    If MsgBox("Do you want to stop?", vbYesNo, "Quit?") = vbYes Then
        Application.StatusBar = True  'false
        Application.EnableEvents = True
        Application.Calculation = xlCalculationAutomatic
        MsgBox "macro stopped"
        End
    Else
        Resume
    End If
End If

This is great and it works!

Again Thanks

Give this a look... It catches the escape key.
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Jim Thomlinson


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>
> Any help would be appreciaited.
>
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