Question

I have a form with a few buttons which execute code when pressed like running validations on the database.

Some code can run for a few minutes so is there any way to show the time remaining or a message to display the % of process completed?

Or pop out a message when code evaluation starts and the message should disappear once code running is completed?

Answer 1

What you are probably looking for is a ‘Progress Bar’.

I’ve used the Microsoft ProgressBar control (you can find it under Insert->ActiveX Control), and it’s not that hard to use. Just set the value of it to a percentage (as an integer, not a decimal).

'foo, being the ProgressBar me.foo = 70 '70% 

There is some good info here on another method: http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/progressbar.htm