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Close Word with macro?
Can one write a macro to quietly close Word, with no user intervention?
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Yes.
What is it you are trying to accomplish? Version(s) of Word? You may want to post this in the vba.beginners group. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "tcebob" handle @ gwi.net wrote in message ... Can one write a macro to quietly close Word, with no user intervention? rs |
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Charles,
That's a good news--bad news type of response. I like "yes" but only speak a few words of vba. I will open the .beginners group and see how the wind blows. The problem relates to a recent post of mine, "Word not closing right under Scheduler." Scheduler opens a specific file, time.doc, and an hour later attempts to close it. This creates an error condition and the Notify Microsoft window appears and has to be dismissed manually. Don't know what would happen if I left the computer unattended until the next Event time, 4 hours later. So, asking Scheduler to do more than simply closing Word is not possible. But, if I had the subject macro loaded and ran it upon startup of Word, I'm betting that there is a timer reactor somewhere in vba that would delay the execution for, say, 2 hours. Thanks, rs "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... : Yes. : What is it you are trying to accomplish? Version(s) of Word? : You may want to post this in the vba.beginners group. : -- : Charles Kenyon : : Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word : : Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of : Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide : : See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! : : My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com : --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- : This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies : and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn : from my ignorance and your wisdom. : : : "tcebob" handle @ gwi.net wrote in message : ... : Can one write a macro to quietly close Word, with no user intervention? : : rs : : : : |
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Holy crabapples, it works! Here's the script (cribbed shamelessly from Help):
Sub ExitTime() ' 'Wait for 1 hour then exit word. ' Dim PauseTime, Start PauseTime = 3600 ' Set duration. Start = Timer ' Set start time. Do While Timer Start + PauseTime DoEvents ' Yield to other processes. Loop Application.Quit SaveChanges:=wdDoNotSaveChanges End End Sub Thanks again, rs "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... : Yes. : What is it you are trying to accomplish? Version(s) of Word? : You may want to post this in the vba.beginners group. : -- : Charles Kenyon : : Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word : : Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of : Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide : : See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! : : My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com : --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- : This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies : and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn : from my ignorance and your wisdom. : : : "tcebob" handle @ gwi.net wrote in message : ... : Can one write a macro to quietly close Word, with no user intervention? : : rs : : : : |
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Think about your habits (and those of your users) before you implement this!
What other documents are likely to be open? Will changes to those be a good thing to save, or not? Do you really want to abandon changes to the document you have been working on? -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "tcebob" handle @ gwi.net wrote in message ... Holy crabapples, it works! Here's the script (cribbed shamelessly from Help): Sub ExitTime() ' 'Wait for 1 hour then exit word. ' Dim PauseTime, Start PauseTime = 3600 ' Set duration. Start = Timer ' Set start time. Do While Timer Start + PauseTime DoEvents ' Yield to other processes. Loop Application.Quit SaveChanges:=wdDoNotSaveChanges End End Sub Thanks again, rs "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... : Yes. : What is it you are trying to accomplish? Version(s) of Word? : You may want to post this in the vba.beginners group. : -- : Charles Kenyon : : Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word : : Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of : Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide : : See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! : : My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com : --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- : This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies : and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn : from my ignorance and your wisdom. : : : "tcebob" handle @ gwi.net wrote in message : ... : Can one write a macro to quietly close Word, with no user intervention? : : rs : : : : |
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Not a problem. This macro is activated at the shortcut command for this particular
document, or in the Scheduler. Normal Word operation is not affected. Oh, wait, I see your point; suppose some other document is being edited. Theoretically the operator is supposed to see the time log pop up, fill in a line and dismiss it. But, of course, operator could be away drinking lunch or studying the ponies in the rest room. Ok, there must be a way to activate a document in a completely new run of Word. Or close the Log without closing Word if there are more documents open. But. The damn thing still doesn't work, though it works when I test it. It still gags on something and puts up an error screen. Back to the drawing board. rs "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... : Think about your habits (and those of your users) before you implement this! : What other documents are likely to be open? Will changes to those be a good : thing to save, or not? Do you really want to abandon changes to the document : you have been working on? : -- : Charles Kenyon : : Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word : : Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of : Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide : : See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! : : My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com : --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- : This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies : and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn : from my ignorance and your wisdom. : : : "tcebob" handle @ gwi.net wrote in message : ... : Holy crabapples, it works! Here's the script (cribbed shamelessly from : Help): : : Sub ExitTime() : ' : 'Wait for 1 hour then exit word. : ' : Dim PauseTime, Start : PauseTime = 3600 ' Set duration. : Start = Timer ' Set start time. : Do While Timer Start + PauseTime : DoEvents ' Yield to other processes. : Loop : Application.Quit SaveChanges:=wdDoNotSaveChanges : End : End Sub : : Thanks again, : : rs : : : "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message : ... : : Yes. : : What is it you are trying to accomplish? Version(s) of Word? : : You may want to post this in the vba.beginners group. : : -- : : Charles Kenyon : : : : Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word : : : : Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of : : Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide : : : : See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! : : : : My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com : : --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- : : This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies : : and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn : : from my ignorance and your wisdom. : : : : : : "tcebob" handle @ gwi.net wrote in message : : ... : : Can one write a macro to quietly close Word, with no user : intervention? : : : : rs : : : : : : : : : : : : |
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