How to Regain Keyboard and/or Mouse Control from DISABLE.INPUT

ID: Q75184

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 2.x, 3.0, 4.0, 4.0a, 5.0

SUMMARY

When you use the DISABLE.INPUT command in a macro to disable keyboard and mouse input, you must issue a second DISABLE.INPUT command that returns control to the keyboard and mouse. Otherwise, 3. Run the following macro from the second instance of Microsoft Excel:

A1: =INITIATE("Excel","System") A2: =EXECUTE(A1,"[DISABLE.INPUT(0)]") A3: =RETURN()

4. Close this instance of Microsoft Excel and return to the previous one.

Keyboard and mouse input will now be re-enabled.

REFERENCES

"Function Reference," version 4.0, pages 115, 139, 240

"Microsoft Excel Function Reference," version 3.0, pages 58, 71, 130

Additional query words: 2.0 2.00 2.01 2.1 2.10 3.0 4.0


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Last Reviewed: March 22, 1999