Hyperlinks operate asynchronously to the best of my knowledge. If you want
that kind of feedback, you need to use automation. Even then, opening a
document is a single command, so you can't get inside that command and
operate a progress bar for the time it takes to open - at least not with any
built in capabilities of VBA that I am aware of.


Microsoft Office 2000 Automation Help File Available (Q260410)
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;260410

Microsoft Office XP Automation Help File Available (Q302460)
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;302460

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


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Hi,

I have some code that executes a hyperlink to open a word document on a
server. The code executes in secs, however thedoc takes a long time to
open. I have all the latest info on progress bars but this is not
working for me. i need to display a message until the word doc opens, i
can display a message based on time i.e display the mssage for 5 secs,
but the document take a variable lenght of time to open, so i need the
program to select the hyperlink display a message until the document is
open and then disapear. hel;p please if this is possible.
regards

Johny5