randomee

The pull request is for a related, but different set of issues. The pull is for a default identity object. This issue is for functions that don't have support for...

I don't think this has been addressed, and should be re-opened. These functions (in first comment) don't have any support for identity in the function definitions. I don't see it...

This is quite old, but I believe is now solved with @alfredkanzler 's B-PIPE application-name code. There are still functions w/o support for identity objects, but that's a separate issue....

As to how, I'm not much help. I assume it might be better exposed via RDCOM? But for the long processing, I agree that it should not be turned on...

Not sure if this is useful, but here are some links about dealing with modal windows & prompts. [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ff839782.aspx](url) [http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2009/10/dismiss-dialogue-using-windows-api.html](url)

Having not played with it, I'd guess that would leave excel in a hung state as well. The current call would return, but with no/bad data, and no way to...