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Application.EnableCancelKey Property

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Returns or sets how CTRL+BREAK is handled when a macro is running. Read/write Long. Can be one of the PjEnableCancelKey constants.

Syntax

expression.EnableCancelKey

expression   A variable that represents an Application object.

Return Value
PjEnableCancelKey

Example

This example shows how you can use the EnableCancelKey property to set up a custom cancellation handler.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub CancelOperation()
    Dim X As Long
    
    On Error GoTo handleCancel
    
    Application.EnableCancelKey = pjErrorHandler
    MsgBox "This may take a long time; press CTRL+BREAK to cancel."
    
    For X = 1 To 300000000
        ' Do something here.
    Next X

handleCancel:
If Err = 18 Then
MsgBox "Operation cancelled"
End If


End Sub

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