[AccessD] Record counter not working

[Bill Benson]

Is it a continuous for or single? What does "at the top of the look" mean?

On Sep 3, 2016 2:29 PM, "Rocky Smolin" <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote:

> Dear List:
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> I have two text boxes on a form - one shows the total number of records to
> be processed and the other is a counter.  So that the form shows that
> there's something going on (i.e., Processing Record: 14 of 250).
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> I put
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> Me.txtRecNo = Me.txtRecNo + 1
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> At the top of the look but it didn't update.
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> So I added:
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> Me.Repaint
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> Still no update. So I added:
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> DoEvents
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> Still no update.  It always reads 0 of n (I initialize the text box with a
> zero).
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> Any idea why I can't get this to update?  I use this technique a lot to let
> the user know at what point in the process the program is, and it is often
> unreliable.  I have used a long variable for the counter and just plugged
> the variable into the text box after it was incremented but that doesn't
> work in this case.
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> Any ideas appreciated.
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> MTIA
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> Rocky Smolin
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