Hi Everyone


I have a very long import procedure that's executed from a menu option. I
would like to open an "Import" message form and animate a file flying from
one side of the form (one folder) to the other side (another folder) until
the import is completed. I can easily do it with other applications but find
very hard to do with Excel forms, for example when I use Microsoft Access, I
use a Timer event and move the file fractionally every few seconds to
simulate the movement. However, Excel forms do not appear to have Timer
events like Access or VB.


I tried to simulate a time event with Excel form but without success; can
anyone help?


I tried various methods with Excel but none worked. "Application.OnTime"
looks promising but it does not work for me. Below is one method I used to
test the procedure (while testing I just tried to show one image and hide
another). Rather then having " BlinkMover" procedure executing every second
as expected, the procedure acually executes only once (only when the calling
"OpenSession" procedure is finished; defeats the reason for using the
timer...)


Any help would be greatly appreciated.


Global variable

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Public fBlinkMover As Boolean 'used with OPSES form to indicate whether to
blink

Public dTime 'Used to set time when to fire BlinkMover Procedure


Procedures

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Public Sub OpenSession()


strFileToOpen = Application.GetOpenFilename("Workbook (*.xls), *.xls", ,
"Open your existing AIP session")


If strFileToOpen < False Then


'BLINKING procedure start


'START Blinking

fBlinkMover = True 'Start BLINKING

OPSES.Show 'Opne OPSES form - this form only has two images at the moment
(imgPic1 and imgPic2

DoEvents

dTime = Now + TimeValue("00:00:01") 'Set time to one second from now

Application.OnTime dTime, "BlinkMover" 'Instruct the application to run
"BlinkMover" procedure one second from now


....Do other work here...


Workbooks.Open Filename:=strFileToOpen


Sheets("Original_data").Select


*Deleted code to make the procedure shorter for this email

*Etc, etc, etc...


'STOP Blinking

fBlinkMover = False 'Stop BLINKING - this will also stop BlinkMover
procedure calling itself

OPSES.Hide 'Hide OPSES form


'BLINKING procedure stop


Sheets("Results").Select


MsgBox ("AIP session has now been opened")


Else

'User did not open

End If




End Sub




Public Sub BlinkMover()

If fBlinkMover Then 'Only execute if fBlinkMover is set to TRUE

opses!imgPic1.Visible = Not opses!imgPic2.Visible 'Reverse visiblitiy
(Show/Hide)

opses!imgPic2.Visible = Not opses!imgPic1.Visible 'Reverse visiblitiy
(Show/Hide)

opses.Repaint

DoEvents

dTime = Now + TimeValue("00:00:01") 'Add another second to dTime

Application.OnTime dTime, "BlinkMover" 'Call BlinkMover procedure again in
one second

End If

End Sub




Thanks for your suggestions.