Silently Run Macro in Background

[Sargad_Strut]

Hi guys,

So this is what I'm trying to do. I've created a workbook that pulls data from an Access query, updates the data from an external source, and then creates a text file (with some dalay for the data to update) that will be imported and rewrite current values in the Access database.
In an ideal world I would like this to run say every five minutes, without noticing. I have tested to run the Workbook via the Scheduler, bud I'd like to make it smoother than that.

Is there any way I could run this without noticing? Any kind of input, even if it extends beyond VBA coding would be very much appreciated!


Private Sub Autpen()
Application.OnTime Now + TimeValue("00:00:05"), "GenerateTextfile"
End Sub


Sub GenerateTextfile()


Dim FilePath As String
Dim CellData As String
Dim LastCol As Integer
Dim LastRow As Integer


LastCol = 3
LastRow = Blad2.Range("F2").Value

Blad2.Range("A2").Activate

CellData = ""

FilePath = Application.DefaultFilePath & "\MyFile.txt"

Open FilePath For Output As #2

For i = 1 To LastRow
For j = 1 To LastCol
If j = LastCol Then
CellData = CellData + Trim(ActiveCell(i, j).Value)
Else
CellData = CellData + Trim(ActiveCell(i, j).Value) + vbTab
End If
Next j
Write #2, CellData
CellData = ""
Next i

Close #2

End Sub

 

[dispelthemyth]

Try using the below at the start of your macro then change the false to true and put that at the end

Application.ScreenUpdating = False

Do you get any warning messages, or just see what the macro is doing?

if you do see prompts and wish to ignore, you can use

Application.DisplayAlerts = False

Again put at the beginning with False and True at the end</pre>

 

[Sargad_Strut]

Thank you for replying dispelthemyth!

Ok, so I tried your suggestion but it didn't really change anything as far as I noticed.
I've also added this at the end:

ThisWorkbook.Saved = TrueApplication.Quit
Application.ActiveWindow.Close SaveChanges:=True
ActiveWorkbook.Close SaveChanges:=True

So at the moment the workbook opens, updates the values, saves the text file, and closes. Everything working just fine.
But I'd simply like to make it run invisibly. (Probably violating the whole thing since the macro within Excel can't really run without opening up the application)

Any thoughts?
Thanks again