Problem with progress bar on separate dialog

Hello,

My program has a progress bar on a separate dialog form. It's updated by code on the original form itself. However, the dialog ends up rather see-through (see attached picture). I'd appreciate advice on how to solve this.

Thanks in advance.

Without seeing the code I can just make a guess.

I would try to slip DoEvents in there somwhere, like in a loop if you are using one.

Code, huh? Well okay, here's the relevant parts from Form1 (the initial form). ProgressDialog (the form with the progress bar) has no code.

Private Sub cmdGo_Click()
ProgressDialog.ProgressBar1.Min = 0
ProgressDialog.ProgressBar1.Max = FileListBox.ListCount
ProgressDialog.ProgressBar1.Value = 0
ProgressDialog.Show
Form1.Enabled = False
Update
ProgressDialog.Hide
Form1.Enabled = True
Form1.SetFocus
End Sub

Sub Update()
'loop through FileListBox
ProgressDialog.ProgressBar1.Value = ProgressDialog.ProgressBar1.Value + 1
'rename a file
'end loop
End Sub

Hmm, didn't the VB code format use to have color formatting?

We have upgraded to vb3 and the vb tags have not yet had the color added to them.

See if this works with the doevents:Sub Update()
'loop through FileListBox
ProgressDialog.ProgressBar1.Value = ProgressDialog.ProgressBar1.Value + 1
DoEvents
'rename a file
'end loop
End Sub

Thank you, this works great. If you don't mind, could you tell me what precisely DoEvents does? I read somewhere that it "should be placed inside time-consuming loops", but that doesn't tell me too much.

It allows the Operating System to process any outstanding messages, such as those for drawing and for input.