TypeText returns before completing

[jamie.fallon]

Does TypeText return before completing?

I have a long macro that does loops. In the loop, it does a find, and
then uses TypeText to replace the found string, and then does a few
MoveDown's and deletes some stuff. If I step through the code line by
line it works fine, but when I run the macro, it seems to do the
delete before typeText is finished. I might have solved the issue by
putting a delay after the TypeText so that word can "catch up" to the
typing. But this seems like a bad solution. Can anyone answer the
above question about TypeText?

 

[jamie.fallon]

I found some suggestions in other threads. One person suggested
putting word into Normal view, and turning off auto-pagination. That
does seem to help. It lets the macro run faster.

Another person reccommended using Range instead of things like
Select.TypeText. I'm pretty sure that Selection.Typetext is
ascynchronous. Can anyone verify that Range commands are synchronous
(won't return until the change is made)?

 

[Jay Freedman]

I found some suggestions in other threads. One person suggested
putting word into Normal view, and turning off auto-pagination. That
does seem to help. It lets the macro run faster.

Another person reccommended using Range instead of things like
Select.TypeText. I'm pretty sure that Selection.Typetext is
ascynchronous. Can anyone verify that Range commands are synchronous
(won't return until the change is made)?

It's not that Range commands are synchronous, but they're orders of
magnitude faster than Selection.TypeText, especially if screen redrawing
hasn't been turned off. Assigning

myRange.Text = someStringValue

is nearly instantaneous, even if the string is very long.

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[jamie.fallon]

It's not that Range commands are synchronous, but they're orders of
magnitude faster than Selection.TypeText, especially if screen redrawing
hasn't been turned off. Assigning

myRange.Text = someStringValue

is nearly instantaneous, even if the string is very long.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
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Gotcha. Thank you. Am I likely to be ok with Selection.TypeText if I
require background repagination to be turned off? In the future I'll
avoid using Selection.TypeText in a loop.

-Jamie

 

[Klaus Linke]

Am I likely to be ok with Selection.TypeText if I

require background repagination to be turned off?

Hi Jamie,

Another problem with .TypeText is that it's limited to 64kB (about 32000
characters).
If your strings might be longer, you'd need to replace it with
Selection.InsertAfter -- followed by Selection.Collapse(wdCollapseEnd) if
necessary.

Regards,
Klaus