How can I acomplish this?

[Cassio]

I have my windows app accessing a web service to get some information. I want to show the user a status form so he knows the app is responding. But when the app is connecting to the web service, the form is frozen until the process is done. Do I have to use a threat?

 

Thanks.

Edited April 28, 2003 by Cassio

[hog]

Not sure as I haven't looked yet to see if this is in VB.NET but I used to use the DoEvents() method when using VBA to allow other things to happen whilst slow bits were in progress

[Guest mutant]

Its Application.DoEvents. Try using it.

[Cassio]

Thanks. Ill try that.

[Cassio]

The Apllication.DoEvents() worked, but I also wanted to show something moving on the status form. I made a gif animation and inserted it into a picturebox, but when the status form is loaded it stay frozen until the web request finishes and the gif animation freezes too. I also tried using a timer to change the gif in the picturebox but it doesnt work neither. Any ideas?

 

Thanks!

[Cassio]

I just used a thread and it worked great.

[Nerseus]

You might also want to try the asynchronous versions of the WebService. They should be built automatically and are usually called BeginWebServiceName and EndWebServiceName.

 

-Ner