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    Progress Indicator code placement

    Hi All

    I got code for a progress Indicator from the Excel Easy website but I'm not certain where to put my specific code which will allow for the indicator to run. All i want to do is show the progress indicator running while workbook is saving. Any feedback please.

    UserForm55 is my Progress Indicator with the following code:
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    Re: Progress Indicator code placement

    You cannot run other code while Excel is busy saving your workbook. A consequence of the way Excel is built.

    The best you can do is make sure the StatusBar at the bottom of the Application Window is visible. That shows a progress bar while a large file is saved.

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    Re: Progress Indicator code placement

    Your problem is a little confusing. Judging by your code, you want to save the same workbook 100 times. It doesn't make sense to me why you would do that. Each time you save it is another 1% complete. You want a progress bar to show that completion. However, you Unload the form every time through the loop, and you never Show it.

    I recommend you use the standard practice of indentation to reflect the structure of your code. I think your code needs to look like this, but I can't test it without your file. You also need to configure the Properties of your form to be ShowModal = False.

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    Re: Progress Indicator code placement

    Hi cytop

    Thanks for response. Unfortunately, my UserForm will be in fullscreen mode. No status bar visible.

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    Re: Progress Indicator code placement

    Hi Jeff

    You are absolutely right. i noticed that afterwards. I got confused with the code taken from the site....Thought one would have to put the progress in a loop.
    As per cytops response "You cannot run other code while Excel is busy saving your workbook. A consequence of the way Excel is built". I guess it would not work anyway.

    Is there a way to hava a message pop up while the book is saving and then close once done.

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    Re: Progress Indicator code placement

    No progress bar is visible then - blame Mr Gates.

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    Re: Progress Indicator code placement

    True lol

    Thanks anyway...Back to the drawing board unless I can just have a MsgBox come up to say save in progress and the go away when done

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    Re: Progress Indicator code placement

    You can't use a MsgBox as that will be Modal and pause all other code until the MsgBox is cleared by the user. Simplest option is to use a userform with an appropriate message showing and displayed Modelessly (Otherwise you hit the same problems as the messagebox).

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    Re: Progress Indicator code placement

    Can you perhaps explain how to go about doing that ....pretty please

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    Re: Progress Indicator code placement

    I am able to do a UserForm, but how to get it to show while and during up until workbook is saved then to unload

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    Re: Progress Indicator code placement

    Before starting the save, show the notice form with the vbModeless parameter, i.e.

    myNoticeForm.Show vbModeless

    Then after the save, hide the form

    myNoticeForm.Hide or myNoticeForm.Unload

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    Re: Progress Indicator code placement

    Awesome
    Thanks EssoExplJoe...Will give it a try

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    Re: Progress Indicator code placement

    Why if my UserForm has a label saying Save in Progress, Does the "Save in Progress not show" when calling Userform

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    Re: Progress Indicator code placement

    Hey guys

    Does the VbModeless not allow for label or TextBox show

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    Re: Progress Indicator code placement

    Does the VbModeless not allow for label or TextBox show
    It does.

    What's happening is probably that you show the userform and then immediately save the file or do other processing. VBA is an absolute hog when it comes to resources and memory use so when the userform is loaded Windows is 'told' to refresh the screen (or at least that part occupied by the userform). Because your code continues immediately Windows never finds an idle millisecond or 3 to refresh the screen - so you have to tell your code to cede processor time to Windows.

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    The DoEvents allows Windows to catch up with all outstanding tasks - like screen updating. It does introduce a slight delay but is unnoticeable in a single call like that.
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    Re: Progress Indicator code placement

    Thanks Cytop

    Got it working. Code is as follows with Userform55 containing Label "Save in progress"

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