[2005] help me avoid freezeups!

im running this code..

Code:

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Dim DOMAIN As String = InputBox("what domain are you building on?", "swaybox", "http://spam.info")

        Do Until ListBox1.Items.Count = 0

            Dim myStreamReader As System.IO.StreamReader
            myStreamReader = System.IO.File.OpenText(Application.StartupPath & "\keywords\" & ListBox1.Items.Item(0))
            'Me.ListBox1.Items.Add(myStreamReader.ReadToEnd())
            While myStreamReader.Peek <> -1
                Me.ListBox2.Items.Add(myStreamReader.ReadLine)
            End While
            myStreamReader.Close()


            Dim newnamesitefolder() As String = Split(ListBox1.Items.Item(0), ".")
            CopyFiles(Application.StartupPath & "\template", Application.StartupPath & "\output\" & DOMAIN & "\" & newnamesitefolder(0), True)

            Do Until ListBox2.Items.Count = 0


                'read the template
                Dim load As New IO.StreamReader(Application.StartupPath & "\template\page.html")
                Dim eek As String = load.ReadToEnd
                load.Close()




                Dim sRandom As New Random
                Dim x As Long = sRandom.Next(100, base.TextLength)
                Dim newcontent As String = Microsoft.VisualBasic.Strings.Left(base.Text, x)
                Dim x2 As Long = sRandom.Next(3000, 5000)
                newcontent = Microsoft.VisualBasic.Strings.Right(newcontent, x2)

                'inject keywords
                'TextBox1.Text = Replace(TextBox1.Text, " for ", " KEYWORD ")

                'inject keywords
                Dim ikw As Integer = 0
                Dim pcountkw As Long = sRandom.Next(5, 10)
                Do Until ikw = pcountkw
                    ikw = ikw + 1
                    Dim x3kw As Long = sRandom.Next(100, newcontent.Length)
                    newcontent = Microsoft.VisualBasic.Strings.Left(newcontent, x3kw) & ListBox2.Items.Item(0) & Microsoft.VisualBasic.Strings.Right(newcontent, newcontent.Length - x3kw)

                Loop


                'inject random paragraph headers
                Dim i As Integer = 0
                Dim pcount As Long = sRandom.Next(7, 12)
                Do Until i = pcount
                    i = i + 1
                    Dim x3 As Long = sRandom.Next(100, newcontent.Length)
                    newcontent = Microsoft.VisualBasic.Strings.Left(newcontent, x3) & "</p><p>" & "A" & Microsoft.VisualBasic.Strings.Right(newcontent, newcontent.Length - x3)

                Loop






                'replace things
                eek = Replace(eek, "<swaybox_keyword>", ListBox2.Items.Item(0))
                eek = Replace(eek, "<swaybox_content>", newcontent)
                Dim eekdomain() As String = Split(DOMAIN, ".")
                eek = Replace(eek, "<swaybox_domain>", eekdomain(0))

                'write the new page
                Dim pagetowrite As String = Application.StartupPath & "\output\" & DOMAIN & "\" & newnamesitefolder(0) & "\" & ListBox2.Items.Item(0) & ".shtml"
                Dim writer As New IO.StreamWriter(pagetowrite)
                writer.WriteLine(eek)
                writer.Close()
                'loop

                'read the sitemap file
                Dim loadsitemap As New IO.StreamReader(Application.StartupPath & "\output\" & DOMAIN & "\" & newnamesitefolder(0) & "\" & "sitemap.txt")
                Dim eeksitemap As String = loadsitemap.ReadToEnd
                loadsitemap.Close()
                'write to the sitemap file
                Dim pagetowritesitemap As String = Application.StartupPath & "\output\" & DOMAIN & "\" & newnamesitefolder(0) & "\sitemap.txt"
                Dim writersitemap As New IO.StreamWriter(pagetowritesitemap)
                writersitemap.WriteLine(eeksitemap & "<li><a href=""" & ListBox2.Items.Item(0) & ".shtml" & """>" & ListBox2.Items.Item(0) & "</a></li>")
                writersitemap.Close()



                ListBox2.Items.RemoveAt(0)

            Loop

            'create categories(take the first 10 keywords and make them into category pages and fill up cats.txt)

            'populate listbox2
            Dim catreader As System.IO.StreamReader
            catreader = System.IO.File.OpenText(Application.StartupPath & "\keywords\" & ListBox1.Items.Item(0))
            'Me.ListBox1.Items.Add(myStreamReader.ReadToEnd())
            While catreader.Peek <> -1
                Me.ListBox2.Items.Add(catreader.ReadLine)
            End While
            catreader.Close()


            Do Until ListBox3.Items.Count = 10
                ListBox3.Items.Add(ListBox2.Items.Item(0))
                ListBox2.Items.RemoveAt(0)
            Loop


            Dim numberofpagespercat() As String = Split(ListBox2.Items.Count / 10, ".")

            Do Until ListBox3.Items.Count = 0
                'create a page with numberofpagespercat() number of pages linked off it
                Dim pagelinks As String = ""

                If ListBox2.Items.Count >= numberofpagespercat(0) Then
                    Dim pagecount As Integer = 0
                    Do Until pagecount = numberofpagespercat(0)
                        pagelinks = pagelinks & "<li><a href=""" & ListBox2.Items.Item(0) & ".shtml" & """>" & ListBox2.Items.Item(0) & "</a></li>"
                        ListBox2.Items.RemoveAt(0)
                        pagecount = pagecount + 1
                    Loop
                Else
                End If

                'replace things. write map page
                Dim loadcat As New IO.StreamReader(Application.StartupPath & "\template\cat.html")
                Dim eek2 As String = loadcat.ReadToEnd
                loadcat.Close()

                If ListBox2.Items.Count > 1 Then

                                eek2 = Replace(eek2, "<swaybox_keyword>", ListBox2.Items.Item(0) & " categories and subpages")
                    eek2 = Replace(eek2, "<swaybox_content>", pagelinks)
                    'remove .info =D
                    Dim eekdomain() As String = Split(DOMAIN, ".")
                    eek2 = Replace(eek2, "<swaybox_domain>", eekdomain(0))

                    Dim pagetowrite As String = Application.StartupPath & "\output\" & DOMAIN & "\" & newnamesitefolder(0) & "\" & ListBox2.Items.Item(0) & "-map.shtml"
                    Dim writer As New IO.StreamWriter(pagetowrite)
                    writer.WriteLine(eek2)
                    writer.Close()

                    'add that page to cats.txt
                    Dim loadcats As New IO.StreamReader(Application.StartupPath & "\output\" & DOMAIN & "\" & newnamesitefolder(0) & "\" & "cats.txt")
                    Dim cats As String = loadcats.ReadToEnd
                    loadcats.Close()

                    Dim cattowrite As String = Application.StartupPath & "\output\" & DOMAIN & "\" & newnamesitefolder(0) & "\" & "cats.txt"
                    Dim catwriter As New IO.StreamWriter(cattowrite)
                    catwriter.WriteLine(cats & vbCrLf & "<li><a href=""" & ListBox2.Items.Item(0) & "-map.shtml" & """>" & ListBox2.Items.Item(0) & "</a></li>")
                    catwriter.Close()
                End If


                ListBox3.Items.RemoveAt(0)


            Loop
            Dim loadindex As New IO.StreamReader(Application.StartupPath & "\output\" & DOMAIN & "\" & newnamesitefolder(0) & "\" & "index.shtml")
            Dim index As String = loadindex.ReadToEnd
            loadindex.Close()

            Dim newkw() As String = Split(ListBox1.Items.Item(0), ".")

            index = Replace(index, "<swaybox_keyword>", newkw(0))
            Dim newdomain As String = Replace(DOMAIN, ".info", "")
            index = Replace(index, "<swaybox_domain>", newdomain)

            Dim indexpath As String = Application.StartupPath & "\output\" & DOMAIN & "\" & newnamesitefolder(0) & "\" & "index.shtml"
            Dim indexwriter As New IO.StreamWriter(indexpath)
            indexwriter.WriteLine(index)
            indexwriter.Close()

            'im done with this keyword, remove from the first listbox and start over

            TextBox1.Text = "created pages for """ & ListBox1.Items.Item(0) & """" & vbCrLf & TextBox1.Text

            ListBox1.Items.RemoveAt(0)


        Loop

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however whenever i execute this code, or codes like it that loop in a similar fashion, my application appears to freeze until it is completed -_-. is there any way i could implement a progressbar to start when listbox1 is full and end at 100% when listbox1 is empty (when this code is completed it is emptied) and also avoid the application going into "not responding"

any help appreciated!

After NOT reading the code... it's a lot of code...

You can implement a progress bar by stages... I saw that you have several loops (sections in the code).

For example, before a loop start (or end), you can upgrade the progress bar by one...

I don't know if you use the mouse wait arrow helps...

eek i tried that, it didnt matter, all the program did was jump from 0% to 100% when it came out of being frozen ><

Where did you add the code to increment the progress bar?

Multi-threading is the way to go if you want to avoid the freezing.
Consider this:
What is the main "job" of this code snippet? Well it would certainly be the loops, so the loops are what you should try to compress to contain a minumim set of expressions and instructions, think about what you can move outside the loop.
Many declarations for example, can be put outside the loop. The declaration of the random class should never be declared like that, since you apparently are using the random class alot, declare it outside the procedure at class level.
You are also doing alot of string manipulation. String manipulation is known to be very very slow.
Be aware of that using a progressbar will extend the sub by one more line of instructions, and while this may not seem like much, imagine the loop having 50 lines of code, iterating 100 times = 5000. Now imagine adding one line (ie Progressbar1.PerformStep), 51 lines, iterating 100 times = 5100.
Things like these add to the execution time.
This is a good example of when you need multi-threading, if you cant redesign your code to be alot more efficient.