Modeless User Form Is Blank

[Lucky]

I want a modeless user form to appear, then my program does some work
(clearing the screens of all drawing objects, which takes a while),
and then the user form to unload. I've gotten this to work, except
that the user form is completely blank and white. The label control
with my message doesn't show. I've tried DoEvents before showing the
form, repaint in the form initalize (as suggested in other posts on
this topic), and this doesn't help.

 

[Lucky]

I put a label control on the form (using the toolbox when I set it up)
with text that basically says "please wait". There is no code in the
form's module, and I don't interact with the form while it is
showing. I just want it to appear with the message, stay on the
screen while I do some other work, then go away. Seems simple
enough. It does appear, and when I finish the other work, it does go
away. But it is blank.

 

[Lucky]

Joel,

Thanks for discussing this with me. I've made lots and lots of user
forms, but this is the first time I've tried to use one as modeless.
The form looks fine in design view, and as I said, I don't interact
with it when it is on the screen. Screen updating is turned off by my
code after the form is displayed, so it's already on the screen by
that time, so it seems that it should be just fine. I'm at a loss as
to why this is happening. My program is big and uses lots of shapes
on lots of screens, so the only thing I can think of is that maybe I'm
running out of memory. I've tried everything I can think of, so I
guess I'll just dump the form and try something else, maybe using the
status bar for my "please wait" message. Oh, well. Thanks again,
Lucky

 

[Mishell]

Put your DoEvents after showing the form.

UserForm1.Show vbModeless
DoEvents

Mishell

 

[Lucky]

Wow, Mishell, that did it. Thanks!