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Anonymous
2015-11-09T19:27:34+00:00

I have a big document and a big macro that works on it. It goes much faster when Application.visible is set to false (of course, that's why I do it).

But, while the process is ongoing, it would be nice to have a splash screen that says 'Be patient'.  Of course, that would have to be splashed on the screen by, or aat least in, some process other than Word (since Word is set to invisible).

I am at a loss as to how I might do this. Any ideas?

Roy

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-11-17T09:33:21+00:00

    Nothing available through VBA, apparently.

    I had a person well versed in VB write me a simple progress bar executable which I call via a Shell command just after I set Word 'Application.Visible = False'.

    When the VBA routine is completed, I restore Word 'Application.Visible = True' and then 'kill' the progress bar using "TaskKill.exe" and the progid provided by the Shell command.

    Roy

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