Terry,
Terry Olsen said:
I have a module that is called from Form1 that performs a long process.
I have a Progressbar on Form1 that I need to increment to show the user
that stuff is happening.
I added this code to Form1:
Public Sub IncProgBar()
ProgressBar1.Increment(1)
ProgressBar1.Update()
End Sub
However the sub is not visible from Module1.
You will have to make a reference to either the form or the control avilable
to the method defined in the module. This can be accomplished by adding a
parameter to the method which takes a reference to the form or control.
However, I prefer a solution which decouples the form and the worker class
and makes the worker class reusable. To do so, define an event in the
worker class which gets raised when progress changes. The client form which
uses the class can add a handler to the progress change event and update the
user interface accordingly.
\\\
Public Class FooWorker
Public Event ProgressChanged( _
ByVal sender As Object, _
ByVal e As ProgressChangedEventArgs _
)
Public Sub DoWork()
' Perform operation here.
For i As Integer = 1 To 100
RaiseEvent _
ProgressChanged( _
Me, _
New ProgressChangedEventArgs(i)
)
...
Next i
End Sub
End Class
Public Class ProgressChangedEventArgs
Inherits EventArgs
Private m_Progress As Single
Public Sub New(ByVal Progress As Single)
Me.Progress = Progress
End Sub
Public Property Progress() As Single
Get
Return m_Progress
End Get
Set(ByVal Value As Single)
m_Progress = Value
End Set
End Property
End Class
///
Client class using the worker object:
\\\
Private WithEvents m_Worker As New Worker()
Private Sub m_Worker_ProgressChanged( _
ByVal sender As Object, _
ByVal e As ProgressChangedEventArgs _
)
Me.LabelProgress.Text = CStr(e.Progress)
End Sub
Private Sub Button1_Click(...)
m_Worker.DoWork()
End Sub
///
The sample above doesn't implement the full event pattern used in the .NET
Framework. I suggest to read the chapters about events in the documentation
in order to get a broader view on the topic.
