Progress bar

[Guest]

I have a report database that goes out and pulls information from 5 database
using macros. I have form that is open during the process that says “loading
dataâ€, is there a way to add a process bar to the form or status bar showing
the progress of this action?
Thanks..

 

[Jeff Conrad]

in message:

I have a report database that goes out and pulls information from 5 database
using macros. I have form that is open during the process that says "loading
data", is there a way to add a process bar to the form or status bar showing
the progress of this action?

Hi Raj,

A few options for you:

1. Go to MVP Sandra Daigle's site for some working examples:

http://www.daiglenet.com/msaccess.htm
(Download Progress Meter 2.0)

2. For a detailed visual walk-through guide, see this link:

http://www.datapigtechnologies.com/flashfiles/progressbar.html

3. And here is a past post on this subject by Sandra herself:I suggest avoiding the ActiveX control because of the issues that arise when
dealing with ActiveX's. Instead you might want to consider using the
built-in Progress meter or build your own.

Following is a simple example of how to use the system progress meter - look
down in the lower left corner to see it working. Create a form with a single
button, then paste this code into the Click event procedure for the button.
Basically you initialize the progress meter with a number that represents
how many intervals there are, then you make successive calls to update the
progress meter with an incremental value. Finally you remove the meter. My
example shows it as used in a looping procedure but you can also adapt this
to a lengthy linear list of tasks.

You can create a more noticable progress meter by using a rectangle control
which you color based on the degree of completion of the task. My example of
this is on www.daiglenet.com/msaccess.htm.

There is also a chapter in the Access Cookbook by Ken Getz, Paul Litwin, and
Andy Baron which describes how to make a reusable progress meter. You can
read this excerpt online at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnac...

FWIW, I also like using the progress meter control from the FMS product
Total Access Components 2000. It has a richer set of features and can be
displayed anywhere on the form. (www.fmsinc.com).

Private Sub Command12_Click()
Dim inti As Integer
'
' Initialize the progress meter
Application.SysCmd acSysCmdInitMeter, "Doing Stuff", 10000

For inti = 1 To 5000
Me.txtCounter = inti
'
' Increment the progress meter on each iteration
Application.SysCmd acSysCmdUpdateMeter, inti
' Occasionaly yield CPU to the OS so other stuff can happen
' the 77 is an arbitrary number - you can tune this however you
' want. You can leave this whole if...then out if you just want the loop
' to have all CPU till
' it is done
If inti Mod 77 = 0 Then
DoEvents
End If
Next inti
'
' Remove the meter
Application.SysCmd acSysCmdRemoveMeter

End Sub
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Hope that helps to give you some ideas,

 

[Guest]

Jeff,
Great information
Thank you!

in message:


Hi Raj,

A few options for you:

1. Go to MVP Sandra Daigle's site for some working examples:

http://www.daiglenet.com/msaccess.htm
(Download Progress Meter 2.0)

2. For a detailed visual walk-through guide, see this link:

http://www.datapigtechnologies.com/flashfiles/progressbar.html

3. And here is a past post on this subject by Sandra herself:
I suggest avoiding the ActiveX control because of the issues that arise when
dealing with ActiveX's. Instead you might want to consider using the
built-in Progress meter or build your own.

Following is a simple example of how to use the system progress meter - look
down in the lower left corner to see it working. Create a form with a single
button, then paste this code into the Click event procedure for the button.
Basically you initialize the progress meter with a number that represents
how many intervals there are, then you make successive calls to update the
progress meter with an incremental value. Finally you remove the meter. My
example shows it as used in a looping procedure but you can also adapt this
to a lengthy linear list of tasks.

You can create a more noticable progress meter by using a rectangle control
which you color based on the degree of completion of the task. My example of
this is on www.daiglenet.com/msaccess.htm.

There is also a chapter in the Access Cookbook by Ken Getz, Paul Litwin, and
Andy Baron which describes how to make a reusable progress meter. You can
read this excerpt online at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnac...

FWIW, I also like using the progress meter control from the FMS product
Total Access Components 2000. It has a richer set of features and can be
displayed anywhere on the form. (www.fmsinc.com).

Private Sub Command12_Click()
Dim inti As Integer
'
' Initialize the progress meter
Application.SysCmd acSysCmdInitMeter, "Doing Stuff", 10000

For inti = 1 To 5000
Me.txtCounter = inti
'
' Increment the progress meter on each iteration
Application.SysCmd acSysCmdUpdateMeter, inti
' Occasionaly yield CPU to the OS so other stuff can happen
' the 77 is an arbitrary number - you can tune this however you
' want. You can leave this whole if...then out if you just want the loop
' to have all CPU till
' it is done
If inti Mod 77 = 0 Then
DoEvents
End If
Next inti
'
' Remove the meter
Application.SysCmd acSysCmdRemoveMeter

End Sub

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[Jeff Conrad]

in message:

Jeff,
Great information
Thank you!

Excellent!
You're welcome, glad to help.

Good luck with your project.