For Programmers: Free Programming Magazines  


Home > Archive > Visual Basic > October 2004 > Displaying labels in a pop-up modeless form









You are viewing an archived Text-only version of the thread. To view this thread in it's original format and/or if you want to reply to this thread please [click here]

 

Author Displaying labels in a pop-up modeless form
Carl Rapson

2004-10-27, 3:55 pm

I'm sure this is something stupid, but my brain isn't working today. I have
a pop-up form that I want to display while some background processes are
occurring. The form has a couple of label fields that I fill in at run time.
Here is the code I am using:

set frm = New frmWait
frm.lblAppName.Caption = appname
frm.lblOldVersion.Caption = version
frm.lblNewVersion.Caption = refver
frm.Show
... do processing here ...
Unload frm

The problem is, when frm is displayed all I see is the form border; the
window area is empty. I've tried all the different border styles and nothing
made a diference. The only way I have found to display the label fields is
to display the form as modal:

frm.Show vbModal

But this defeats my purpose; the user has to close the modal form before
processing continues. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,

Carl Rapson


Ken Halter

2004-10-27, 3:55 pm

Carl Rapson wrote:
> frm.lblOldVersion.Caption = version
> frm.lblNewVersion.Caption = refver
> frm.Show

DoEvents 'allow the screen to catch up
> ... do processing here ...
> Unload frm


--
Ken Halter - MS-MVP-VB - http://www.vbsight.com
Please keep all discussions in the groups..
Carl Rapson

2004-10-27, 3:55 pm

Thanks, Ken. I knew it was something simple I was overlooking.

Carl

"Ken Halter" <Ken_Halter@Use_Sparingly_Hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OMiUhwDvEHA.3840@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Carl Rapson wrote:
> DoEvents 'allow the screen to catch up
>
> --
> Ken Halter - MS-MVP-VB - http://www.vbsight.com
> Please keep all discussions in the groups..



Sponsored Links







Also available: Server administration forum archive | Web Design forum archive | Software forum archive | Hardware reviews archive

Copyright 2008 codecomments.com