Inventor freeze when Macros should load or run?

[ravivalon]

Hi all

Working with inventor pro 2012, whenever I try to run a macro, the program freezes. It happens when I press the tools/macros button and it can take 30 sec or more before the macros dialog release and active or I can try to run windows job list which seems to release the jam too. It also happens when I try to run my macro with shortcut key or customized button. It freezes before the macro even loads and it is very frustrating. If I open the macros editor and run the macro from there (run sub) then there is no delay at all!    

Does anybody else have the same and if so do you have a solution?

Thanks

Alon

Autodesk Inventor 2012 SP1 64-bit, win 7 

[karthur1]

In my application options, I have that box unchecked, so I checked the box, then closed and restarted Inventor.  Didn't reallly see that much of a changed in how fast Inventor opens.

So now I open a ipt and then click Tools>Macros.  After the Macros dialog comes up, it still takes about 30 sec for the dialog to become responsive.  I dont think that loading the VBA along with Inventor is the solution to this issue.

My "old" trick still works though (Click Macros, click in a different window, click back on the Macros dialog) and I can use the Macros dialog without waiting.

I think engineering needs to take another look at this...

[brian]

Agreed, this is NOT the solution. Its not a startup thing as it happens sometimes repeatedly on the same file without closing INV

[Mark_Wigan]

i also see this random lag, it happens about 50% of the time, sometime 5 seconds, sometimes 5 minutes.

it happens regardless of whether the "Load VBA from start up" is checked or not.

regardless of whether macro is fired from a form or custom button.

i usually use a message box at the start of each macro to give the user a chance to cancel. when the macros hang, it is paused on this message box, with no focus on the macro or inventor in general. occasionally i click somewhere to try to wake it up.

all of the macros are loaded via an application VBA project.

i am also using W7 64bit

[Mark_Wigan]

this lag seems to have been sorted in 2014 !

[denis.bourasseau]

Spoiler

Try to add this line in your code:

SendKeys ("%{TAB}%{TAB}")

It seems to work.

[karthur1]

Does it matter where in the code its added?

[denis.bourasseau]

It needs to be added at the end of the UserForm_Activate code.

It sends "alt + tab" twice in order to change window and then return to the Inventor window.

[denis.bourasseau]

I've been using Inventor 2015 since several months and the problem seems to be solved on that version.