I have a program with a data entry form.
Upon pressing a button it calls on a module which takes the data from the form and inserts it into a file and saves them. (ModulePC.Output)
After doing that it then takes the files and prints them via MS Word (dim appword as new Word.Application) (ModulePC.Print)
After these two events a dialog appears with inputs for updating a logfile.
While it is doing the output and printing events the interface of the app freezes until they are done.
So i tries multithreading.
Dim t1 As Thread = New Thread(AddressOf ModulePC.zonesoutput)
Dim t2 As Thread = New Thread(AddressOf ModulePC.printzones)
t1.Start()
t2.Start()
Try
t1.Join()
t2.Join()
Catch err As Exception
MsgBox(err.Message, MsgBoxStyle.OkOnly)
Finally
'Do Nothing
End Try
Even if i just have 1 thread and start it when it comes to running the app it does nothing, i do it step by step and it goes straight past the above but doesn't actually do anything.
I would like it so that it outputs and prints in the background while i fill in the details on the dialog for the logfile rather than being forced to wait.
Failing that a progress bar that updates as it does each step.
This surely is possible and reasonably easy for a novice like me.
Thanks in advance
Pedders
Upon pressing a button it calls on a module which takes the data from the form and inserts it into a file and saves them. (ModulePC.Output)
After doing that it then takes the files and prints them via MS Word (dim appword as new Word.Application) (ModulePC.Print)
After these two events a dialog appears with inputs for updating a logfile.
While it is doing the output and printing events the interface of the app freezes until they are done.
So i tries multithreading.
Dim t1 As Thread = New Thread(AddressOf ModulePC.zonesoutput)
Dim t2 As Thread = New Thread(AddressOf ModulePC.printzones)
t1.Start()
t2.Start()
Try
t1.Join()
t2.Join()
Catch err As Exception
MsgBox(err.Message, MsgBoxStyle.OkOnly)
Finally
'Do Nothing
End Try
Even if i just have 1 thread and start it when it comes to running the app it does nothing, i do it step by step and it goes straight past the above but doesn't actually do anything.
I would like it so that it outputs and prints in the background while i fill in the details on the dialog for the logfile rather than being forced to wait.
Failing that a progress bar that updates as it does each step.
This surely is possible and reasonably easy for a novice like me.
Thanks in advance
Pedders
