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HI ,
How can i put a process indicator on my project... this program is supposed to read from a text file and the compare it to the database reocrds .. The text file is very large to it takes a lot of time ... and the program seeme to stop until the whole file is processed ..
Are you reading this file in line by line? Or field by field? Or Line by Line then Field by field when the line is in memory?
I am reading it line by line
First, you'd want to determine how big the file is. Than, you can determine how much of the file is being processed. I once made a progress bar with a command button (so you don't need an .OCX) that I can post if you'd like. Also, have you tried putting DoEvents in your program? That will help take care of the program locking up when it's running.
Well, it would not lock up the computer. You'd have to multithread to register other mouseclicks and stuff. DoEvents doesn't do that, I think, it justs hands some processor time to the system.