[AccessD] Queries Progress Bar

Or Sam & Dave's "Hold On I'm Coming"
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Andy



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From: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving"
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To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving"
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Queries Progress Bar
Date: 06/04/09 14:25


> I just got the idea as I remember someone having success playing an audio
file launched by a
Shell command while Access continues to run.

Oh that would be cool! Play a clip of the sound from Jaws... du-dum. du-dum
du-dum du-dum... as
your query progressed. Freak your users right out!

;)

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


Gustav Brock wrote:
> Hi William
>
> Nope, you have to do something yourself! ... Isn't a progress bar a
standard component of Visual Studio? Or Stuart may have a micro
implementation using PowerBasic.
>
> I just got the idea as I remember someone having success playing an audio
file launched by a Shell command while Access continues to run.
>
> /gustav
>
>
>>>> wdhindman at dejpolsystems.com 06-04-2009 15:49 >>>
>
> ...and you just happen to have a working sample of this? :)
>
> William
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Gustav Brock" <Gustav at cactus.dk>
> Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 9:34 AM
> To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Queries Progress Bar
>
>> Hi William
>>
>> #5. Launch - before you run the query - with Shell an external tiny app
>> that runs asynchronously (in another thread) and displays the progress
>> bar.
>> Record the time for the query to run, store that value, and use it +10%
as
>> the full time for the progress bar next time it is launched.
>>
>> /gustav
>
>
>
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