HE09113: VBA MACRO HANGS UP CATIA

APAR status

• Closed as user error.

Error description

• Steps to Reproduce the Scenario:
  1. Open attached CATPART & CATDrawing.
  2. Keeping CATDrawing as an active window open the VB Editor
  3. Open the attached CATVBA script file("lwtsenha" is the
  password).
  4. Select 'Tabela' module and Run (play button)
  => macro works OK, user can select the points, curve
  elements, etc.(as shown in attached video)
  5. Close without saving and reopen both Part and Drawing.
  6. Go to: Tools > Macro > Macros
  7. Select 'Tabela' and "Run" button.
  Problem: Macro seems to be working ifne but just after
  selecting the curve elements, the performance is really
  impacted
  Expected Result: The performance should not be impacted and
  CATIA should not hang for sometime. The result should be  as
  after step 4
  Additional customer notes:
  Secondary issue seen is that after Step 7) it is not possible
  to edit text fields on the tool "Coodinate Dimension Table"
  Sometimes the CATIA hangs when activating the drawing
  document.
  And, as problems are intermittent, sometimes the toolbar
  "Tools Palette" is not visible, so they cannot finalize the
  selection.
  

Local fix

• empty
  

Problem summary

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

• Incident Diagnosis:
  Problem after starting a command thru a VB macro.
  Correct Application:
  The macro starts the following command:
  CATIA.StartCommand "Coordinate Dimension Table"
  This is an interactive command. In the
  CATIAApplication::StartCommand method documentation we say:
  "This method starts a command and executes it untill its
  first interaction.
  Please notice interactions such as selections you could add
  after in your macro will not work.
  StartCommand is useful to execute one-shot (not interactive)
  commands, it is not safe for interactive commands."
  The command is well started but the macro execution does not
  stop and the command could end after the macro. Such commands
  cannot be used inside macros.
  

APAR Information

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Fix information

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