Re: MsgBox to display while processing

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From: Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 03/13/05 

Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 18:31:47 +0100

D.P. Roberts wrote:

> Hopefully there is a simple solution to my dilemma. I have a script as
> follows:
>
> 1. A MsgBox is displayed to ask user if they want to proceed.
> 2. After they click Yes, the MsgBox disappears and the script begins
> processing.
> 3. Processing takes about 30 seconds to complete.
> 4. After the processing has completed, a MsgBox is displayed to inform the
> user the process has completed.
>
> I'd like to have a MsgBox display during the 30 seconds of processing to
> tell the user to "Please wait." I don't need a progress bar or anything
> fancy like that - just a simple message so the user doesn't think the script
> has hung.
>
> Is this possible?
Hi

Here is a couple of alternatives for you:

A)
You can roll your own MsgBox function, using an Internet Explorer
instance from your VBScript.

See e.g. the two MsgBox examples here for a starting point:

T Lavedas' WSH Scripts
http://www.pressroom.com/~tglbatch/wshindex.html

In this link there is a modified version of an example by Joe Earnest
(progress bar is removed), where I use the window to display the
installation progress of some security updates:
http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?selm=%23hgK37KoEHA.2764%40TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl

Some more examples without a progress bar but where you can dynamically
put out information about what is going on :
http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?selm=3EA302E5.5BAE90EB%40hydro.com

B)
HTA:

You could consider using HTA (HTML Application) instead (*.HTA files
are in a way HTML files hosted by mshta.exe instead of iexplore.exe):

HTML Applications (HTAs)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/hta/hta_node_entry.asp

A couple of HTA examples for you:

http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?selm=%23QAI7UtkAHA.1968%40tkmsftngp04
When running the example in the link above, fill in e.g.
Win32_OperatingSystem in the Enumerate field

http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?selm=%23wIsRfZoCHA.2280%40TK2MSFTNGP12 

-- 
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx

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