Easy Q

[Skeen]

This probably sound really stupid,

But how do you get a VB program to wait, to just loop/count for a bit without handling any external data?

Cheers 'n' beers
Skeen

[wildcat_2000]

Normally VB programs do wait for events to happen, unless you specifically set timers who trigger events.

Could you please be more specific?

If what you are referring to is just setting a wait timer, then you may try this:

Sub Pause(Interval As Integer)
    Start = Timer
    Do While Timer < Start + Interval
        DoEvents
    Loop
End Sub

[Edited by wildcat_2000 on 11-17-2000 at 05:25 AM]

[Jop]

Try the sleep api

Private Declare Sub Sleep Lib "kernel32" (ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long)
Private Sub Form_Load()
    Sleep 5000 'sleep for 5 seconds
End Sub

'OR JUST LOOP
For x = 0 to 1000000
next x

[Skeen]

Cheers Guys

Amate of mine just told me about the sleep API and I reckon thats perfik for me - I'm waiting for a command line to execute before the program can continue - and its populating a table with around 5000 record so it takes afew seconds.

Cheers though

Skeen