[RESOLVED] [2005] HELP showing wait message/progress bar

[Rikki_UW]

I am designing an application that lets users paste a report in an excel control and click next, then the program extracts the useful information from the report and shows it in a datagridview.

The problem is that if the report is really large then this could take a few minutes, so I want to either show a pop up window with a progress bar (which I have no idea how to do) or just simply a "Working, please wait..." message. I did this with a form with the message in it, setting it to show before the method starts and hide when it is finished, the problem is that the label does not load properly, it just shows up as a 'hole' in the form. I also tried hiding the datagridview until the information is loaded, and put the label behind it in the main screen but the label doesn't show up.

How can I somehow give the user a "working" message (or even better a progress bar)? Thanks in advance.

--Rikki

EDIT: I have looked into the progress bar control, and decided against using it.