Word vs Excel OnTime 1

[shavenlunatic]

To cancel a OnTime event set in excel vba i have:

Application.OnTime NextTick, "UpdateClock", , False

which works fine in excel, but in Word the OnTime function seems to work differently

Excel:
expression.OnTime(EarliestTime, Procedure, LatestTime, Schedule)

Word:
expression.OnTime(When, Name, Tolerance)

I basically need to know how to cancel an OnTime event in Word in the same way that Excel handles it.

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[shavenlunatic]

in case it is useful, this is how the timer is started:

NextTick = Now + TimeValue("00:00:01")
Application.OnTime NextTick, "UpdateClock"

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[PHV]

A new OnTime event calling a noop macro will cancel the previous scheduled call.

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[shavenlunatic]

sorry, what is a noop macro?

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[shavenlunatic]

ah, never mind, I think I see what you mean.

You can only have one OnTime event running at a time so if I set the ontime event to point at an empty sub, it will cease to do anything?

If so, cheers

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[PHV]

Exactly.