Screen Updating - Unable to Disable Application.ScreenUpdating

[vthokienj]

I am unable to disable the Application.screenUpdating propery. I've seen this issue referenced in various places but have yet to find a solution. Setting this value to false does not seem to do anything, as the value remains true in the watch window. Also, the screen still udpates.

Application.screenUpdating = False 
Sheets(sheetname).Cells(1, 1) = "textoutput" ' breakpoint here shows Application.screenUpdating still has a true value
a = 10 ' breakpoint here shows that textoutput is visible on screen (yes cell was clear prior to above statement)

Most online references to this property show the s in screen as being capitalized, but Excel 2013 auto-corrects it to be lowercase.

Thanks for any help.

 

[RoryA]

When you are in debug mode, screenupdating is always true.

 

[vthokienj]

Oh, thank you.