Progress Bar ? (1 Viewer)

I have an orders form, when the required fields are filled in a msgbox with the order ref will pop up, what I would like to do is before the msgbox pops up , I want to open a form on the afterupdate of the last field entered, which isn't a problem.

The form that I open I want to put a progress bar onto the form, but when the form opens it starts the progress bar for a certain amount of time e.g.5 seconds, then the form closes and pops up the order ref in the msgbox.

Can anyone help me with a bit of code on how I attempt this.
I do have the progress bar on a form, but don't know how to intiate the progress bar.

Many Thanks
Andy

Actually, I did this another way.

Create two rectangles of the same height and aligned with the same left edge and top edge. They can be either borderless or have a hairline border.

Make one have a background of one color and the other one a background of a different color. I chose to have one bar with a white background and the other with a bright green, but that was because it looked good on my form. I made the green one come on top (Format>>Move to Front). I called them FrontBar and BackBar. FrontBar moves, BackBar does not.

Now when you want to show a progress bar, make them both visible. Set the width of the one in front to 1. Never touch the width of the one that is behind the moving bar.


Now, at critical points in your code, do a scaling operation based on the fraction of completion that you have.



When done, make them both invisible.

Hi Doc Man,
Thanks for your feedback , sorry to sound a bit daft, but I want a msgbox to appear after the progress bar as completed, because I need the user to see the order ref and then click ok to acknowledge the reference number.

I do apologise but could you explain what you have suggested in a little more detail.

Many Thanks
Andy

Thanks Docman,

Done it.
Many Thanks
Andy