Cant display image while requesting sql server 2000

[bghanim]

Hi All,
I have a big problem with my application, I have a progress bar image (animated gif file), I need to show the image before I request the server and after a reply is received from the sql server, image should be invisible, but when I push the button to request the server, nothing happens i.e. the progress bar image is not displayed.

here is the code:

me.pictureBox1.visible = true <<-----------
 
ipAddress = TextBox1.Text + "." + TextBox2.Text + "." + TextBox3.Text + "." + TextBox4.Text
mConnectionString = "Provider=SQLOLEDB.1;Integrated Security=SSPI;Persist Security Info=False;Initial Catalog=clinic;Data Source=" + ipAddress
'Test Connection
Dim con As New OleDb.OleDbConnection
con.ConnectionString = mConnectionString
Try
con.Open()
con.Close()
MsgBox("Test Connection succeeded", , "result")
testFlag = True
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
End Try
 
me.pictureBox1.visible = false <<-----------

Please help me in this strange problem


Regards,
Baha

 

[TechGnome]

Call Application.DoEvents.... what's happening is that the system doesn't get a chance to repaint the screen.... the DoEvents should allow that to happen

-tg

 

[bghanim]

Thank you for your reply, I tried what you told me to do, the result was fine for displaying a still image. but as I said in my question, Im using an animated progess bar (gif format) and when I tried to use the application.DoEvents() the image was displayed but without being animated !!!


Can you help me to solve my problem..

Thank you in advance
Baha A. Ghanim