excelvbasap-gui

How can I handle waiting for another application (SAP GUI) to complete an OLE action?

I am trying to automate a process in SAP GUI.

I recorded a series of procedures and pasted the code in a macro sheet. I make Excel read the VBA code with the following commands:

Dim SapGuiAuto As Object
Dim Application As Object
Dim Connection As Object
Dim Session As Object

Set SapGuiAuto = GetObject("SAPGUI")
Set Application = SapGuiAuto.GetScriptingEngine
Set Connection = Application.Children(0)
Set Session = Connection.Children(0)

For one of the parts SAP makes a lot of calculations which takes a few minutes and around the middle of it, Excel generates the message:
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I have to click OK to continue, then it pops-up non-stop and I have to do it like 10-15 times, which removes the point of automation.

When doing it without a macro, SAP does not give me any error.

I tried turning it off with

Application.DisplayAlerts = False

It instead gives me:

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I searched the net and the site, but there was barely any useful info maybe because my question is too specific.

Some additional info:

  1. My laptop is from work and I cannot install any additional software or updates to it without permission.
  2. I tried checking the Excel option for DDE, but it only gives me an error when I try to run the script.
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My Excel version is 2013.

How can I achieve one of the three solutions I can think of:

  1. Disable the pop up for OLE
  2. Make it automatically click OK every time it appears
  3. Make Excel freeze and wait while SAP does its thing? (Don't know if that makes sense.) Tried with Application.Wait, but without success
Solution

  • Storax above actually gave a link to another topic with the solution of the question.

    Code here:

    Private Declare Function _
    CoRegisterMessageFilter Lib "OLE32.DLL" _
    (ByVal lFilterIn As Long, _
    ByRef lPreviousFilter) As Long

Sub KillMessageFilter()  
    '''Original script Rob Bovey  

    '''https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!msg/microsoft.public.excel.programming/ct8NRT-o7rs/jawi42S8Ci0J
    '''http://www.appspro.com/

    Dim lMsgFilter As Long

    ''' Remove the message filter before calling Reflections.
    CoRegisterMessageFilter 0&, lMsgFilter

    ''' Call your code here....

    ''' Restore the message filter after calling Reflections.
    CoRegisterMessageFilter lMsgFilter, lMsgFilter

End Sub