Code behaves differently between "step into" and running outright

**theletterh** · 04-11-2012, 02:45 PM

Currently going through a VBA tutorial. This lesson involved writing a macro which enters text, copies and pastes the text in more cells, and then empties the clipboard. When I go through the macro stepwise, everything happens correctly and the clipboard empties. When I run the whole thing (F5), everything happens but the emptying of the clipboard.

I'm not so much worried about the code itself, I'm just wondering why a macro would behave differently between the two modes.

Here is the code:

Sub testLesson12c2()

Range("A1").Select
Range("A1").Value = "Test"
Selection.Copy

Range("A2").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste

Range("A3").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste

Range("A4").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste

Application.CutCopyMode = False

Range("A1").Select

End Sub

Any help would be appreciated!

**DGagnon** · 04-11-2012, 02:51 PM

depending where you step into the code, you may be missing key points, for example where the value in A1 is selected/copied.

**stanleydgromjr** · 04-11-2012, 02:55 PM

theletterh,

Welcome to the Excel Forum.

Your macro code, in this instance, will run a lot faster if you do not use Select, Copy, Paste.

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**stanleydgromjr** · 04-11-2012, 02:58 PM

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**theletterh** · 04-11-2012, 03:43 PM

Originally Posted by DGagnon

depending where you step into the code, you may be missing key points, for example where the value in A1 is selected/copied.

I've been stepping in at the beginning. It seems as though "Application.CutCopyMode = False" doesn't occur when I just hit F5.

**theletterh** · 04-11-2012, 03:44 PM

Originally Posted by stanleydgromjr

theletterh,

Welcome to the Excel Forum.

Your macro code, in this instance, will run a lot faster if you do not use Select, Copy, Paste.

Please Login or Register  to view this content.

Thank you, but my concern isn't with the code itself. Why would a macro behave differently between "step into" and "run"?

**theletterh** · 04-11-2012, 05:09 PM

bump no response

**DGagnon** · 04-11-2012, 05:56 PM

it shoudl run exactly the same, what exactly are you doing to run in step into mode?

**theletterh** · 04-11-2012, 06:03 PM

Originally Posted by DGagnon

it shoudl run exactly the same, what exactly are you doing to run in step into mode?

I'm in the code window in the visual basic editor, hitting F8 over and over.

**DGagnon** · 04-11-2012, 07:00 PM

as long as you run it right through to the end the result should be exactly the same.

**theletterh** · 04-12-2012, 01:21 PM

Originally Posted by DGagnon

as long as you run it right through to the end the result should be exactly the same.

I agree wholeheartedly.

**DGagnon** · 04-12-2012, 01:24 PM

also worth noting when testing on my system both methods ran the same.

**theletterh** · 04-12-2012, 02:54 PM

Could there be a setting that I need to change?

**theletterh** · 04-12-2012, 03:06 PM

OK, here's something weird. I know that the macro has run successfully when the paste button becomes unclickable, an indication that the clipboard has been emptied. While in visual basic editor, but keeping the paste button visible, I tried hitting F5 repeatedly, running the macro over and over. On the 5th run, the paste button became unclickable. The 6th through like 17th it was clickable, and then the 18th run it was unclickable again. It seems to work infrequently and randomly. Does my description make sense? And could there be any explanation?

Sub question, is this concern of mine becoming ridiculous?

**DGagnon** · 04-12-2012, 03:08 PM

if you do split screen view so you can see both your excel window and the VBE you should be able to see what it is doing. have a watch from there and see what is happening as you step through, you will not need to togle between windows.

sub answer: that is up to you

**theletterh** · 04-12-2012, 03:20 PM

I did that, and I watched the macro run perfectly as I stepped through. When using F5 while watching, the macro works about 5% of the time.

**Cutter** · 04-12-2012, 03:22 PM

Is it possible this is another Skype Click to Call problem? See several related posts in this forum.

**theletterh** · 04-12-2012, 03:45 PM

Well done, Cutter! That was it exactly.

**jaslake** · 04-12-2012, 05:48 PM

Hi theletterh
I did a forum search on Skype Click to Call and received 218 hits (including yours). So, which of those hits resolved your issue? Please share with us.

**Mordred** · 04-12-2012, 05:50 PM

And a site like this The Code Cage is another resource for asking and answering questions.

**theletterh** · 04-13-2012, 09:52 AM

This was the thread. I also noticed The Code Cage, and I learned from there that there is a new version of Skype Click to Call which doesn't screw with your clipboard.

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