Can this be done

[wiremonkey22]

Has any one ever tried running a loop until another one is done or is this even possible Just want to know if it can be done or if anyone has any examples Thanks in advance

Goal is to have a loding bar that shows the user that something is happining and not doing nothing.

 

[WayneRyan]

WM,

Use the search facility here and look for "progress bar". This is a fairly
common topic.

Wayne

 

[dkinley]

Is possible of sorts. I thought I saw that exact demo posted in the samples - I could be wrong.

In the way that I have done something like this is like I had to do a loop on a recordset. Let's say the recordset was 1000 records. In a label on the form, it would start a coundown at 1000 (recordcount). Then that label would be decremented each time the loop ran with a Me.Repaint command so the form would update. I would also change the cursor to Hourglass so the user knew some computations were happening.

As far as doing this graphically, I have masking ideas but never attempted it. That may or may not be what is in the demos section of this site.

-dK

 

[wiremonkey22]

Sorry didnt know about the demos i think i have a few ideas how this can be done graphically just dont want to slow down the loop too much ill take a stab at it thanks for the replys and info