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Is it possible to loop a macro constantly?
Hi, I am wondering whether it is possible to make a macro loop constantly while a spreadsheet is open? Or even better, to loop constantly whenever the mouse click button is being held down?
I have some macros which read the information from a text file and input the data into the workbook, but i need to get it to do it constantly, because the data in the text file is changing because I am writing to it from max msp.
At the moment you click the button to read the text file but i need it to read the file whenever the mouse buttno is held down, not just clicked, because as i click the button and drag the mouse the text file data will be changing so i need the spreadsheet to continually update itself.
is that possible?
The code i have is below
MODULE 1
[VBA]
Option Explicit
Dim myDB As clsADODBopen
Sub Main()
Dim strCmn As String
Dim FN As String
FN = "testing.txt"
Set myDB = New clsADODBopen
strCmn = "select * from " & FN
With myDB
.subConn ThisWorkbook.Path & "\"
.subOpen strCmn
End With
subShow
Set myDB = Nothing
End Sub
Sub subShow()
Dim i As Integer, c As Long
Dim pt As Range
Set pt = ActiveSheet.Range("a1")
pt.Worksheet.Cells.ClearContents
c = 0
With myDB.theRST
For i = 1 To .Fields.Count
If c = pt.Worksheet.Cells.Columns.Count Then
c = 0
Set pt = pt.Offset(1, 0)
End If
pt.Offset(0, c).Value = .Fields(i - 1).Name
c = c + 1
Next
'pt.Offset(1, 0).CopyFromRecordset myDB.theRST
End With
End Sub
MODULE 2
Option Explicit
Dim theCON As ADODB.Connection
Public theRST As ADODB.Recordset
Sub subConn(strFullName As String)
Dim strDrv As String
strDrv = "Driver={Microsoft Text Driver (*.txt; *.csv)};" & _
" DBQ=" & strFullName & ";"
theCON.Open "Provider=MSDASQL; " & strDrv
End Sub
Sub subOpen(strCmn As String)
theRST.Open Source:=strCmn, ActiveConnection:=theCON
End Sub
Private Sub Class_Initialize()
Set theCON = New ADODB.Connection
Set theRST = New ADODB.Recordset
End Sub
Private Sub Class_Terminate()
theCON.Close
Set theRST = Nothing
Set theCON = Nothing
End Sub
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thanks in advance for your help!
Last edited by mdmackillop; 04-08-2009 at 05:37 AM.
Reason: typo error in title
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