Apr 29, 2007 Also if you did want to use Windows standard copy dialog with the progress bar, you don't need to use API calls as shown above. It is built right into the framework. By specifying the FileIO.UIOption.AllDialogs, it will display the copy dialog for large file copies.
'Hide and remove the Progress Bar pb.Hide Set pb = Nothing End Sub The result: Create your VBA Progress Bar. Below find a quick tutorial of how to create your own VBA Progress Bar User Form! Create a customer User Form. First you need to create a customer VBA User Form. Click on the link in case you want a tutorial on how to create these. VBA Progress Indicator Option 1 – The Status Bar. Displaying a progress indicator in the status bar (at bottom left of the Excel application window) is the easiest approach. All you need in your VBA code is a statement like: Application.StatusBar = 'Processing'. And you will see the text 'Processing' in the status bar of your. Next: Login script (batch) to collect Hardware info and save to csv file. Get answers from your peers along with millions of IT pros who visit Spiceworks. I have an application i'm writing but i need a simple window like a.vbs message box. That is a progress bar i need the fake or faux progress bar to go from 0-100 in a set amount. Add a progress bar to you batch files. REM Supplemental Batch File. REM Use 'CALL progressbar XX' in other scripts (where XX is a number 0 - 100) REM Example: CALL progressbar 50.
Some VBA Macros run for ages – be it minutes or even hours. If we optimized our VBA Macro to the fullest there is often not much more you can do to change that. Usually what is irritating is waiting for VBA Macro code completion. Sitting by your desk is a waste of time – why not tell Excel/Access to let you know when the code has completed? Today we will explore such tools as the VBA Status Bar, VBA Progress Bar, Sound Notifications in VBA and Sending Email Alerts from VBA.
VBA Progress Bar
Progress Bars are ubiquitous anywhere anything takes more than a couple of seconds to complete. So why doesn't VBA have a native Progress Bar – beats me.
To add a VBA Progress Bar to your Visual Basic for Applications macro read my post here.
Excel Status Bar
The VBA Status Bar is a panel that appears at the bottom of your Excel (or Access) Workbook. It is basically a Text Box to which you can display any non-blocking (non-modal) Message to your users.
Showing a Message in the VBA Status Bar
To show a message in the VBA Status Bar we need to Enable it using Application.DisplayStatusBar:
Hiding the VBA Status Bar
'Hide and remove the Progress Bar pb.Hide Set pb = Nothing End Sub The result: Create your VBA Progress Bar. Below find a quick tutorial of how to create your own VBA Progress Bar User Form! Create a customer User Form. First you need to create a customer VBA User Form. Click on the link in case you want a tutorial on how to create these. VBA Progress Indicator Option 1 – The Status Bar. Displaying a progress indicator in the status bar (at bottom left of the Excel application window) is the easiest approach. All you need in your VBA code is a statement like: Application.StatusBar = 'Processing'. And you will see the text 'Processing' in the status bar of your. Next: Login script (batch) to collect Hardware info and save to csv file. Get answers from your peers along with millions of IT pros who visit Spiceworks. I have an application i'm writing but i need a simple window like a.vbs message box. That is a progress bar i need the fake or faux progress bar to go from 0-100 in a set amount. Add a progress bar to you batch files. REM Supplemental Batch File. REM Use 'CALL progressbar XX' in other scripts (where XX is a number 0 - 100) REM Example: CALL progressbar 50.
Some VBA Macros run for ages – be it minutes or even hours. If we optimized our VBA Macro to the fullest there is often not much more you can do to change that. Usually what is irritating is waiting for VBA Macro code completion. Sitting by your desk is a waste of time – why not tell Excel/Access to let you know when the code has completed? Today we will explore such tools as the VBA Status Bar, VBA Progress Bar, Sound Notifications in VBA and Sending Email Alerts from VBA.
VBA Progress Bar
Progress Bars are ubiquitous anywhere anything takes more than a couple of seconds to complete. So why doesn't VBA have a native Progress Bar – beats me.
To add a VBA Progress Bar to your Visual Basic for Applications macro read my post here.
Excel Status Bar
The VBA Status Bar is a panel that appears at the bottom of your Excel (or Access) Workbook. It is basically a Text Box to which you can display any non-blocking (non-modal) Message to your users.
Showing a Message in the VBA Status Bar
To show a message in the VBA Status Bar we need to Enable it using Application.DisplayStatusBar:
Hiding the VBA Status Bar
The VBA Status Bar when displayed, will remain displayed until ordered otherwise. It is best to hide and clean it after code execution completion:
Sound Notifications in VBA
What if you are away from your Screen, getting a Coffee or simply chatting with a colleague or getting on with our tasks stressed that we might miss that moment when our VBA Macro completes its task. Well why not introduce a Sound Notification? Let Excel or Access run a Sound to inform you that your Visual Basic for Applications macro has finally completed.
Playing a Sound in VBA
Playing a Sound in VBA is easy. Just add the below code snippet to a VBA Module:
It will play the Chimes.wav sound Once.
What if you don't hear it? Running it once might obviously be not enough…
VBA Sound Alarm
The best approach is to create a VBA Sound Alarm that will run in a loop until we Turn it Off manually. What we will need is a Non-Modal UserForm as a pop-up to ask to stop the alarm.
First the macro code: Mp3 to cd converter for mac.
What happens here?:
- I am measuring the execution time with the startTime and execTime variables
- I am using the stopPlaying global VBA Variable to Turn Off the Alarm from our Alarm UserForm changes this value to True
- I am displaying the AlarmForm with the Turn Off Alarm button
And now our AlarmForm code:
The result:
VBA Send Email Notification
Lastly when we are on the run and leaving our Workstation to process our VBA Macro remotely we might appreciate an email from Excel saying: Hey there! I just completed running the Macro!
You can find the code for the SendEmailFromOutlook function in my post here.
We might want to spice things up with maybe sending also the time it took to complete the macro:
Cool right? Makes the VBA Message Box hide in shame doesn't it? The email should look like this:
Copies a file.
Syntax
Vba File Copy Progress Bar Example
FileCopysource, destination
The FileCopy statement syntax has these named arguments:
| Part | Description |
|---|---|
| source | Required. String expression that specifies the name of the file to be copied. The source may include directory or folder, and drive. |
| destination | Required. String expression that specifies the target file name. The destination may include directory or folder, and drive. |
Remarks
If you try to use the FileCopy statement on a file that is currently open, an error occurs.
Example
This example uses the FileCopy statement to copy one file to another. For the purposes of this example, assume that the file contains some data.
See also
Access Vba File Copy
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Vba File Copy Progress Bar Example
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