HE10458: ERROR OCCURS WHEN USING BREAK POINT IN MACRO.

APAR status

• Closed as Permanent restriction.

Error description

• Steps to Reproduce Scenario:
  1. Open CATProduct.
  2. On Visual Basic Editor, set ???select_cnt =
  selection1.Count2??? in ???Sample_Module1??? as Break Point and
  close the editor.
  3. Goto tools->Macro-Macros and click on Run to run the
  script so that the breakpoint is hit(editor opens up and
  shows the hit breakpoint).
  4. Wait for 5-10 minutes and click on run to resume the
  execution.
  Result: Error Occurs ??? Run-time error
  ???-2147417856(80010100)???: Automation error
  Expected Result: Error does not occur when using Break Point
  in Macro.
  

Local fix

• empty
  

Problem summary

• Steps to Reproduce Scenario:
  1. Open CATProduct.
  2. On Visual Basic Editor, set ???select_cnt =
  selection1.Count2??? in ???Sample_Module1??? as Break Point and
  close the editor.
  3. Goto tools->Macro-Macros and click on Run to run the
  script so that the breakpoint is hit(editor opens up and
  shows the hit breakpoint).
  4. Wait for 5-10 minutes and click on run to resume the
  execution.
  Result: Error Occurs ??? Run-time error
  ???-2147417856(80010100)???: Automation error
  Expected Result: Error does not occur when using Break Point
  in Macro.
  

Problem conclusion

• THIS PROBLEM IS PERMANENT RESTRICTION IN CATIA V5
  Additional Closure Information:
  Incident Diagnosis:
  Error occurs when using a breakpoint in Macro.
  Reason:
  After a while, the windows message loop is full and CATIA is
  no more responsive for COM communications.
  By-Pass:
  set the CATIA.RefreshDisplay property to True
  

Temporary fix

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