Progressbar Help!!!

[Saam_cse]

In my VB.net Programme I generate a PDF using crystal report which retrieves data from database containing about 700 to 1000 pages. Each page contain so many amount of fields, so takes 2 or 3 minutes depending upon machine. So I like add a progressBar .But how to develop it. Please anybody me to design he code.

[Anoop Brijmohun]

hi, you dont need to develop one, it comes in the tool box within vs. drop the control onto your form as you would for any other control. here's what i set on the controls properties... Maximum - The total number of pages you have. Minimum - should be zero use the step property to increment the progress bar until it the output... alt, you can set the pbar as a marquee which runs continuosly until you stop/hide it... hope this helps Anoop

[Dave Kreskowiak]

The only progress bar you can use to do this is one that doesn't progress. I mean you can show one that constantly scrolls. You cannot use a 0 to 100% progress bar because Crystal Reports, last I checked, does not expose any progress information. So, there's no way of knowing how far along it's gotten.

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[Anoop Brijmohun]

TRUE THAT!

[Luc Pattyn]

Dave Kreskowiak wrote:

there's no way of knowing how far along it's gotten

if you were to know the final file size (say from an earlier run), and you are willing to use some native code to get to the current size of a file while it is being written, you could come up with a reasonable progress indication, at least something better than an "I'm at it" or "lets pretend I'm at it". :)

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Fixturized forever. :confused:

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[Dave Kreskowiak]

That's such a ghetto solution! I like it! :-D

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