Question

I have VBA code that refreshes an Excel table using a sproc

With ActiveWorkbook.Connections("Connection").OLEDBConnection
Values = QueryStr 
.CommandText = Values
End With

Once the refresh has completed I need to apply some formatting (trhough VBA code), the problem with this is that the code executes without waiting for the refresh to end, therefore the VBA macro fails, is there a way I could tell the macro to wait until the refresh has completed?

Thanks

Answer 1

Try setting the BackgroundQuery property to False.

Code:

With ActiveWorkbook.Connections("Connection").OLEDBConnection
    .BackgroundQuery = False '- Change here
    Values = QueryStr
    .CommandText = Values
End With

If i’m not mistaken.. this’ll prevent the updates from running in the background, so it’ll have to complete before the rest of your code executes.