> Dustin Davis wrote:
>> I'm doing image conversion in my application and it seems to take some
>> time on some tasks. I'd like to show a "Converting..." type message in
>> a dialog box or splash screen of sorts.
>>
>> The problem is that when I call ShowDialog() the app waits for the
>> dialog to close before it continues to process. Is there a way to show
>> the dialog while doing the conversions and close it when it's done
>> without using threads? Truth is, I don't want to deal with threading
>> if possible :)
>
> You can use the Application.DoEvents() routine to let the OS free up the
>  time to do the redrawing of the window.  But this will slow down your
> processing.  Really should do it in threads.
>
> Chris

> Okay, so if I have the following code function:
>
> Function SaveFile(ByVal FileName As String) As Boolean
>     ' Save the file as FileName
>     Return True
> End Function
>
> Can I call this function with a Thread, or do I need to rewrite it somehow?
>
> Chris wrote:
>> Dustin Davis wrote:
>>> I'm doing image conversion in my application and it seems to take
>>> some time on some tasks. I'd like to show a "Converting..." type
>>> message in a dialog box or splash screen of sorts.
>>>
>>> The problem is that when I call ShowDialog() the app waits for the
>>> dialog to close before it continues to process. Is there a way to
>>> show the dialog while doing the conversions and close it when it's
>>> done without using threads? Truth is, I don't want to deal with
>>> threading if possible :)
>>
>> You can use the Application.DoEvents() routine to let the OS free up
>> the  time to do the redrawing of the window.  But this will slow down
>> your processing.  Really should do it in threads.
>>
>> Chris