Microsoft KB Archive/290133

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How to create a "Please Wait" message in Access 2002

Article ID: 290133

Article Last Modified on 8/11/2004

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APPLIES TO

• Microsoft Access 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q290133

Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

For a Microsoft Access 97 version of this article, see 96989.

For a Microsoft Access 2000 version of this article, see 209608.

SUMMARY

Sometimes you may want to display a status message to inform users that they must wait for an action to be completed. For example, you may want to display the text "Please Wait" while Microsoft Access is initializing a database, running a long query, and so on. This article uses the sample database Northwind.mdb to show you how to create a "Please Wait" status message.

MORE INFORMATION

To display a status message in Microsoft Access, follow these steps:

1. Create the following form that is not based on any table or query:

      Form: PleaseWait
      ---------------------
      Caption: TestForm
      ScrollBars: Neither
      Popup: Yes
      Modal: Yes
      RecordSelectors: No
      NavigationButtons: No
   
      Label
      --------------------
      Caption: Please Wait
      Font Size: 18
                           

   The label caption is the message that you want to display.

2. Create the following macro named Test1:

      Macro Name             Action
      ------------------------------------
      Test1                  OpenForm
                             RepaintObject
                             OpenQuery
                             Close
   
      Test1 Actions
      -----------------------------------
      OpenForm
      Form Name: PLEASEWAIT
      View: Form
      Data Mode: Read Only
      Window Mode: Normal
   
      RepaintObject
      Object Type: Form
      Object Name: PLEASEWAIT
   
      OpenQuery
      Query Name: Order Details Extended
   
      View: Datasheet
   
      Close
      Object Type: Form
      Object Name: PLEASEWAIT
      Save: No
                           

   NOTE: The argument for OpenQuery is just an example of what you may want to run. This can be anything. The main macro actions in Test1 are OpenForm, RepaintObject, and Close.

3. Run the macro. Note that the PleaseWait form opens. As soon as the query is finished processing, the form disappears and the query results appear.

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