is there a way to kill a macro?

Question

I have a proprietary add in that I use frequently to communicate with different instruments and gather data in excel.  however I cannot view the code to fully understand it, it is locked.  I do know that in order to interrupt a single command from the macro, I must hit 'q' and then it will stop that ONE task, and move to the next, I cannot use 'ctrl+break' to stop the process.  is there any way I can kill this macro without closing excel?  thanks!

Answer 1

Here is what I found on
Microsoft Office Online

 

 

Do one of the following:

• If you want to stop a macro (macro: An action or a set of actions you can use to automate tasks. Macros are recorded in the Visual Basic for Applications programming language.) that's currently running, press ESC, and click End in the Microsoft Visual Basic dialog box.
• If you want to prevent automatically running a macro when you start Microsoft Excel, hold down SHIFT during startup.

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Answer 2

I did a quick test and CTRL+BREAK worked for me if done within the VBE, even if the project was locked. Once in Break mode suznal's suggestion of using the End/Reset button should work.

You might also consider contacting the author of the addin and requesting the ability to interupt all tasks.

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Answer 3

thanks for your input, but sometimes the macro doesnt respond to the CTRL+BREAK command, and hitting ESC has never worked for me before.  I will contact the author about it.  however I was wondering if there is a way to create another kill macro, that would always run, and say if i hit a certain combination of keys have it kill all other macros, i just dont think it is possible to run more than one macro at a time.  any ideas?