automatically "killTimer" when script is manually terminated using the VBE "reset&quo-CodePudding

After I set a timer with SetTimer (lib "user32"), it must be killed with KillTimer before ending the script, otherwise it causes weird behaviors like closing the intellisense menu every time the (ghost) timer fires.

However, some times when in an emergency situation I must stop the script via the "reset" button of the VBE and this causes the timer to remain unkilled, with the consequent weird behaviours.

Is there a way to automatically run a KillTimer when I press the "reset" button?

CodePudding user response：

The timer continues in the application, separate from any single VB Project. But event scripts must be part of a VB Project. If you press the reset button, I don't imagine that it will be able to trigger an event script in the project that was just reset.

Instead, you can use the timer's script to track the project session and check to see if the session has been reset.

Here's a simplified example, using Application.OnTime instead of SetTimer:

Dim eventTime As Date
Sub StartTimer()
    timer start:=True
End Sub

Sub timer(Optional start As Boolean = False)
    If eventTime = 0 And Not start Then Exit Sub
    Debug.Print Now
    eventTime = Now   TimeValue("00:00:02")
    Application.OnTime eventTime, "Module1.Timer"
End Sub

The OnTime loop continues even if you press the Reset Button, but the reset button clears the value in eventTime so the next time the timer script runs, eventTime = 0 is true and the OnTime loop is exited.