Fill a progress bar after form load

[ADO DOT NET]

Hi,

I have a progress bar on my start up form which I'd like to increase from its minimum to its maximum value after form loads!

Here's what I try to do on Form_Load event:

...
Me.Show()
Application.DoEvents()
For MyLoop As Integer = 1 To 100
   MainForm.EditorProgressBarItem.Value = MyLoop
   Thread.Sleep(10)
Next

But it will prevent my form controls from being activated until progress bar fully loads!

 

Is there any better way? I heard I should not use Thread.Sleep ?! :huh:

[snarfblam]

The ideal method would probably be to use a background worker for a multi-threaded approach. At the very least, throw an Application.DoEvents() in your loop. And, yes, throwing Thread.Sleep in a loop to time it is generally frowned upon.