XPost: alt.comp.lang.vb, microsoft.public.vb   
   From: basil@iafrica.com   
      
   Thanks working like a dream.Cannot beleive I am so stupid.   
   Thanks again   
   Basil   
   "Vince Morgan"  wrote in message   
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   > "Basil Fenix"  wrote in message   
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   >> I check data from a text file with a mdb Database using a progressbar and   
   >> changing the Caption by % to indicate to the user what is happening.The   
   > file   
   >> is large and takes quite a while. The problem though is that if the user   
   >> clicks on the form everything freezes and I get "Not Responding". It is   
   >> still doing the check because if you let it continue it finishes running.   
   >> Thanks   
   >> Basil   
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   > The thread is too busy doing all that file reading etc.  Put "DoEvents" at   
   > an   
   > appropriate place in your code.  Possibly in the progressbar routine.   
   > That will allow the thread to check for user interaction with the GUI and   
   > to respond to the interactions.   
   > HTH   
   > Vince Morgan   
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