Re: refreshing the screen
From: Scott Swigart (scott_at_3leaf.com)
Date: 11/02/04
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Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 08:16:34 -0800
The "easy" way is to call doevents regularly during your 10 minute process
(say, once per second, if possible).
Another way is to do your long running process in a background thread. Look
into the Thread class. Here's an example from another post:
"Art" <Art@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B5BE764A-B569-4D4F-A7B8-8E1B03BA8EB9@microsoft.com...
> I've got a program that I run -- it's under the control of a form. Part
> of
> the process is fairly lengthy (10 minutes). The form has a control that
> lets
> me know how far it's gotten.
>
> My problem is that if I switch to, say, e-mail and then try to get back to
> my form it will not appear until it finishes the lengthy step.. When I
> update the control (with the status) I tell the form to refresh. Is there
> something else I need to do so that I can switch away from the application
> and then go back to it again and see the status?
>
> I'd appreciate any suggestions.
>
> Art
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