Waiting command

[ARanc]

Hi everyone,

I have several buttons and a 2 picture boxes. When you press any button, a certain image on the web is showed in the first picture box.

The second picture box is invisible I use to display a loading image.

What I want to do is that when you press a button it will make the second picture box visible and display for about 3 seconds.

I tried this but it wont work

Any help would be great

PictureBox2.Visible = True
Me.PictureBox1.ImageLocation = "http://i.cnn.net/cnn/.element/img/1.0/weather/accu/samsat.png"
Threading.Thread.Sleep(2000)
PictureBox2.Visible = False

I use vb.net express 2005

Regards,

Alex

[Atheist]

Well if you really want to put the thread to sleep, check this thread. But I would really advice you to use a Timer instead.

[jmcilhinney]

You only need one PictureBox to do this. Set the InitialImage property of the PictureBox to a local image, then do this:

Me.PictureBox1.LoadAsync("http://i.cnn.net/cnn/.element/img/1.0/weather/accu/samsat.png")

The PictureBox will display your InitialImage while the main image is loading, then replace it once the main image has finished downloading.

[ARanc]

Thanks guys

jmcilhinney, its as if you read my mind. Thats what I wanted to do but though it was not possible, so I resorted to my other way.

Thanks,

Alex

[Shaggy Hiker]

Thanks guys

jmcilhinney, its as if you read my mind. Thats what I wanted to do but though it was not possible, so I resorted to my other way.

Thanks,

Alex

Yeah, reading minds is why JM decided to use "apprentice idiot" as his user title. I haven't figured it out yet, though I assume it is some kind of zen thing.

[ARanc]

Jim,

I tried what you did but it did not work.

The problem is that each button when pressed is referring to the same image location. When I first run the program the initial image is shown. But once I press the other button , the first loaded image will show until the other one is loaded; no initial image is show. However, I did figure out a solution.

Here is the code, I hope this might help someone

Me.PictureBox19.Image = Nothing
        Me.PictureBox19.LoadAsync("http://i.cnn.net/cnn/.element/img/1.0/weather/accu/samsat.png")

[jmcilhinney]

That's not A solution. It's THE solution.