redraw thing
So my Excel app has VBA code that does a long file read and update operation. This can take up to one hour. And the client wants it to show a "please wait" message while it is doing this to help assure that it isn't just hung. So I added a non-modal user form with the message. Put it up on the screen before the work starts, and unload it again after the work is done. My problem is, the form does not finish redrawing before the work starts. And by then, Excel is sucking all the CPU doing the work, so the form does not redraw. It shows an empty frame the entire time. Which just makes it look more like things have hung rather than less. So: What do folks do to show a "please wait" message during long operations? socks
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A single line: DoEvents ....after the form is shown but before your "work" starts. Also beneficial when trying to get messages boxes to go away. -- Jim Cone Portland, Oregon USA http://www.mediafire.com/PrimitiveSoftware (List Files XL add-in: finds and lists files/folders with hyperlinks) "Puppet_Sock" <puppet_sock@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:cb858315-2a65-4186-93ca-f654565a9b23@i2g2000vbv.googlegroups.com... > So my Excel app has VBA code that does a long file read and update > operation. This can take up to one hour. And the client wants it to > show a "please wait" message while it is doing this to help assure > that it isn't just hung. > > So I added a non-modal user form with the message. Put it up on the > screen before the work starts, and unload it again after the work is > done. > > My problem is, the form does not finish redrawing before the work > starts. And by then, Excel is sucking all the CPU doing the work, so > the form does not redraw. It shows an empty frame the entire time. > Which just makes it look more like things have hung rather than less. > > So: What do folks do to show a "please wait" message during long > operations? > socks
james.coneXXXPuppet_Sock was thinking very hard :
> So my Excel app has VBA code that does a long file read and update
> operation. This can take up to one hour.
Geez, the file must be 10s of kigabytes in size OR you're doing it the
slow way for whatever reason you may have against a more efficient
approach!
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gs3102On Mar 19, 11:15=A0am, "Jim Cone" <james.cone...@comcast.netXxx> wrote: > A single line: =A0DoEvents > ...after the form is shown but before your "work" starts. > > Also beneficial when trying to get messages boxes to go away. Thanks Jim! That was exactly what I needed. Socks
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