Add a panel to the form, hidden on startup. Put a variable label on the panel. When message is to be displayed, change variable, recalc variables, use properties to unhide panel and bring to front. Hide panel when done.
Dennis McGrath [email protected] [email protected] On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Brad Davidson <[email protected] > wrote: > This may have been answered prior, but, how does one keep a PAUSE message > on top of a form while form is calc’g data in an Enhanced DBGrid?**** > > ** ** > > Am summing 4 currency columns in an Enh DBGrid, which works great, EXCEPT > where the dataset is large and a delay to display footer band is observed > (5 – 10 seconds or more). **** > > ** ** > > Here’s what I’ve attempted to no success:**** > > Pause message in calling code (is buried under the form).**** > > Alphablendvalue statement in form’s After Start EEP – however, clears soon > after form starts and during R:BASE calc’g values.**** > > Temp table with subset of dataset, no appreciable improvement in calc > process (with/without indexing).**** > > ** ** > > Any ideas?**** > > ** ** > > Thanks,**** > > Brad Davidson**** > > ** ** >
