I would like a temporary message box to appear momentarily when a macro is
activated.

The macro typically takes 10 seconds or more to run and at the start i would
like a box to pop up saying "calculation in progress" for a few seconds and
then disappear without the need to press a button.

Can anyone help?

Thanks, Roger

Make a userform with the message you want to display, then show it at
the beginning of your procedure and close (unload) it at the end.

Cliff Edwards

here's an option. create a userform with a label on it

Sub test()
With UserForm1
.Show vbModeless
.Label1.Caption = "Calculating...Please Wait"
End With
DoEvents
Application.Wait (Now() + TimeValue("00:00:10"))
Unload UserForm1
End Sub

--


Gary


"Roger on Excel" wrote in message
...
I would like a temporary message box to appear momentarily when a macro is
activated.

The macro typically takes 10 seconds or more to run and at the start i would
like a box to pop up saying "calculation in progress" for a few seconds and
then disappear without the need to press a button.

Can anyone help?

Thanks, Roger

This will do what you want:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/148209


Regards,
Ryan---


"Roger on Excel" wrote:

I would like a temporary message box to appear momentarily when a macro is
activated.

The macro typically takes 10 seconds or more to run and at the start i would
like a box to pop up saying "calculation in progress" for a few seconds and
then disappear without the need to press a button.

Can anyone help?

Thanks, Roger

I usually use
Application.StatusBar = "Enter your message" 'to display the message

and
Application.StatusBar = False 'to turn it off.
--
HTH,
Barb Reinhardt



"Roger on Excel" wrote:

I would like a temporary message box to appear momentarily when a macro is
activated.

The macro typically takes 10 seconds or more to run and at the start i would
like a box to pop up saying "calculation in progress" for a few seconds and
then disappear without the need to press a button.

Can anyone help?

Thanks, Roger

Thanks - thats quite nice

Can one change the font to bold do you know?

Regards,

Roger

"Barb Reinhardt" wrote:

I usually use
Application.StatusBar = "Enter your message" 'to display the message

and
Application.StatusBar = False 'to turn it off.
--
HTH,
Barb Reinhardt



"Roger on Excel" wrote:

I would like a temporary message box to appear momentarily when a macro is
activated.

The macro typically takes 10 seconds or more to run and at the start i would
like a box to pop up saying "calculation in progress" for a few seconds and
then disappear without the need to press a button.

Can anyone help?

Thanks, Roger

Can one change the font to bold do you know?

No. The font and style of the StatusBar is fixed and cannot be changed,.


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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional
Excel Product Group
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com
(email on web site)




"Roger on Excel" wrote in message
...
Thanks - thats quite nice

Can one change the font to bold do you know?

Regards,

Roger

"Barb Reinhardt" wrote:

I usually use
Application.StatusBar = "Enter your message" 'to display the message

and
Application.StatusBar = False 'to turn it off.
--
HTH,
Barb Reinhardt



"Roger on Excel" wrote:

I would like a temporary message box to appear momentarily when a macro
is
activated.

The macro typically takes 10 seconds or more to run and at the start i
would
like a box to pop up saying "calculation in progress" for a few seconds
and
then disappear without the need to press a button.

Can anyone help?

Thanks, Roger